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This study followed up ADHD/autistic symptoms and attentional performance in children/adolescents with ASD and typically developing ones (TD) over 5–7 years. The participants were stratified by age at baseline into child (< 12 years) and adolescent (12–19 years) groups. ADHD symptoms, especially hyperactivity, and attentional functions significantly improved during follow-up, more in children than in adolescents, in both ASD and TD. Significantly more omission errors and perseverations were noted in ASD than TD through the follow-up. Children with ASD had more improvement in reaction time while adolescents with ASD had less improvement in commission errors and detectability than TD. No correlation of attentional functions and ADHD symptoms in ASD implied different neural mechanisms of ADHD symptoms between ASD and ADHD.
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We thank all the research assistants for their contribution and all the participants and their parents for their participation.
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This research is supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (Grant Nos. NSC99-2627-B-002-015, NSC100-2627-B-002-014, NSC101-2627-B-002-002, NSC 101-2314-B-002-136-MY3) for Time 1 data collection; and National Health Research Institute, Taiwan (Grant Nos. NHRI-EX104-10404PI, NHRI-EX105-10404PI, NHRI-EX106-10404PI, NHRI-EX107-10404PI, NHRI-EX108-10404PI) for Time 2 follow-up research.
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Prof. Susan Gau Shur-Fen contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection were performed by Prof. Susan Shur-Fen Gau, Dr. Yen-Nan Chiu, Dr. Wen-Che Tsai and Dr. Yu-Yu Wu. Data analysis was performed by Dr. Yu-Ju Lin. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Dr. Yu-Ju Lin and revised by Prof. Susan Shur-Fen Gau and Dr. Yu-Ju Lin. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Lin, YJ., Chiu, YN., Wu, YY. et al. Developmental Changes of Autistic Symptoms, ADHD Symptoms, and Attentional Performance in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. J Autism Dev Disord 53, 2555–2569 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-022-05445-x
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