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Metabolic considerations in the evaluation of autistic individuals

Challenging behaviors can be disruptive to daily life for individuals with autism. These include, but are not limited to, self-injury, aggression, property destruction, tantrums, disruptiveness, noncompliance, and repetitive behavior/stereotypy. According to ARI’s E-2 database, approximately 59% of individuals with autism engage in self-injury, aggression, and/or destructiveness at some point in their lifetime.

Further, a recent follow-up study by Laverty et al. found that 44% of children diagnosed with autism engaging in self-injurious behaviors exhibited the same behaviors a decade later (Laverty et al, 2020). Due to larger body size and strength, these persistent behaviors can become more severe with age and impact the quality of life for individuals and their caretakers or parents.

Speaker and presentation = Marvin Natowisz

Dr. Marvin Natowicz, MD, PhD, is a medical geneticist and clinical pathologist. Dr. Natowicz graduated summa cum laude with a degree in biology from Washington University. He then obtained his medical degree and doctorate in cellular and developmental biology from Washington University School of Medicine. He has been on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, the Massachusetts General Hospital, and Brandeis University and is currently a staff member of the Cleveland Clinic and Professor of Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Natowicz’s clinical work includes the evaluation and care of persons with neurodevelopmental disability; his research work includes studies on the pathobiology of autism spectrum disorder and the clinical chemistry of genetic metabolic disorders.

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