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ArticleJournal of communication disorders

Genetic testing and autism: Tutorial for communication sciences and disorders.

Laura S DeThorne, Stephanie Ceman

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Article in Journal of communication disorders. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Laura S DeThorneDepartment of Speech & Hearing Science, University of Illinois, 901 S. Sixth Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, United States. Electronic address: lauras@illinois.edu.
Stephanie CemanDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, 601 S. Goodwin Ave Urbana, IL, 61801, United States. Electronic address: sceman@illinois.edu.

Funding

Dynamic regulation of translation by fragile X mental retardation proteinR01MH093661 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI CEMAN, STEPHANIE · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH093661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This tutorial provides professionals in communication sciences and disorders with an overview of the molecular basis and parental perceptions of genetic testing as associated with autism. The introduction notes the prominence of genetic testing within present-day medical practices and highlights related limitations and concerns through the lens of disability critique. The body of the tutorial provides an overview of four different forms of genetic variation, highlighting the potential associations with autism and available genetic testing. In sum, most autism cases cannot be associated directly with specified forms of genetic variation but are attributed instead to multiple genetic and environmental influences working in concert. Finally, the discussion focuses on parental perceptions of the genetic testing associated with autism, both the potential benefits and harms, and emphasizes the need to integrate first-person perspectives from autistic individuals.

Indexed as

CommunicationAutistic DisorderGenetic TestingHumansParentsAutismDisability critiqueGeneticizationGenetic testingNeurodiversity

Identifiers

PMID29879582
PMCPMC6083877

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