Expanding the spectrum of Grik2 mutations: intellectual disability, behavioural disorder, epilepsy and dystonia

M. Córdoba; S. Rodriguez; D. González Morón; N. Medina; M.A. Kauffman

doi:10.1111/cge.12423

Expanding the spectrum of Grik2 mutations: intellectual disability, behavioural disorder, epilepsy and dystonia

Clinical Genetics ◽

10.1111/cge.12423 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 87 (3) ◽

pp. 293-295 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

M. Córdoba ◽

S. Rodriguez ◽

D. González Morón ◽

N. Medina ◽

M.A. Kauffman

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disability ◽

Behavioural Disorder

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Psychiatric and behaviour disorders among children and adolescents with intellectual disability

New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry ◽

10.1093/med/9780199696758.003.0245 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 1849-1854

Author(s):

Bruce J. Tonge

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disability ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Best Practice ◽

Management Plan ◽

Behavioural Disorder ◽

Practice Management ◽

Pharmacological Interventions ◽

Psychopathological Symptoms ◽

Psychological Educational ◽

Biopsychosocial Assessment

Children with ID often suffer the added handicap of emotional and behavioural disorder which seriously compromises their adjustment and causes significant extra burden and cost for their parents and the community. A comprehensive biopsychosocial assessment of the child and family provides the context for understanding psychopathological symptoms and the basis for a best practice management plan incorporating psychological, educational, family, and perhaps pharmacological interventions.

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Normocentric biases taint cognitive neuroscience and intervention of autism

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x18002297 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 42 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Laurent Mottron

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disability ◽

Cognitive Neuroscience ◽

Social Motivation ◽

Repetitive Behaviors ◽

Restricted Interests ◽

Autistic People

Abstract Stepping away from a normocentric understanding of autism goes beyond questioning the supposed lack of social motivation of autistic people. It evokes subversion of the prevalence of intellectual disability even in non-verbal autism. It also challenges the perceived purposelessness of some restricted interests and repetitive behaviors, and instead interprets them as legitimate exploratory and learning-associated manifestations.

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