Improving clinical outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder: A research program spanning basic, clinical and implementation science

2025

Child and Family Characteristics Associated with Symptoms of Anxiety in Autistic Children: A Biobank Study

Sainsbury, W. J., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Woods, L., Jiang, T. & Waddington, H., 8 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. p. 1-12 12 p.

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Co-design of the neurodevelopment assessment scale

Wong, T. Y., Azim, S. I., Lam-Cassettari, C., Lin, P. I., Mendoza Diaz, A., Montgomery, A., Masi, A., Mallitt, K. A., Whitehouse, A., Dadds, M. R. & Eapen, V., 2025, In: Frontiers in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 4, 9 p., 1497632.

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First Impressions Towards Autistic People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Wanigasekera, L. C., Maybery, M. T., Palermo, R., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Tan, D. W., May 2025, In: Autism Research. 18, 5, p. 983-1010 28 p.

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Harmonization of SDQ and ASEBA Phenotypes: Measurement Variance Across Cohorts

Jovic, M., Amir-Haeri, M., Rimfeld, K., Ensink, J. B. M., Lindauer, R. J. L., Vrijkotte, T. G. M., Whitehouse, A. & van den Berg, S. M., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 47, 1, 16 p., 27.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Validating the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Sets for Autism in a Sample of Australian School-Aged Children on the Spectrum

Hayden-Evans, M., Evans, K., Milbourn, B., D’Arcy, E., Chamberlain, A., Afsharnejad, B., Whitehouse, A., Bölte, S. & Girdler, S., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 55, 4, p. 1424-1437 14 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

2024

Behavioural and neuropsychological outcomes in children exposed in utero to maternal labour epidural analgesia

Isik, O. G., Junaid, S., Guo, L., Lackraj, D., Landau, R., Miles, C. H., Pennell, C., von Ungern Sternberg, B. S., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Li, G. & Ing, C., Aug 2024, In: British Journal of Anaesthesia. 133, 2, p. 334-343 10 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Community perspectives on the appropriateness and importance of support goals for young autistic children

Waddington, H., Minnell, H., Patrick, L., van Der Meer, L., Monk, R., Woods, L. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., Feb 2024, In: Autism. 28, 2, p. 316-326 11 p.

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14 Citations (Scopus)

Feasibility of a 2-minute eye-tracking protocol to support the early identification of autism

Chetcuti, L., Varcin, K. J., Boutrus, M., Smith, J., Bent, C. A., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Hudry, K., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 5117.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Investigating Parental Observations of Early Autism Development in Simplex and Multiplex Families

Cleary, D. B., Maybery, M. T., Waddington, H., Macaskill, E. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., 20 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 8 p.

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Investigating the impact of developmental coordination difficulties across home, school, and community settings: Findings from the Australian Impact for DCD survey

Reynolds, J. E., Alvares, G. A., Williams, J., Froude, E., Elliott, C., McIntyre, S., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Evans, K. L., Reid, S. L., Cairney, J. & Licari, M. K., Apr 2024, In: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 147, 10 p., 104712.

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6 Citations (Scopus)

Mode of delivery and behavioral and neuropsychological outcomes in children at 10 years of age

Massa, A., Yang, Z., Tamashiro, R., Isik, O., Landau, R., Miles, C. H., Von Ungern-Sternberg, B. S., Whitehouse, A., Li, G., Pennell, C. E. & Ing, C., 1 Nov 2024, In: Journal of Perinatal Medicine. 52, 9, p. 1010-1019 10 p.

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Parent-reported Areas of Greatest Challenge for their ADHD and/or Autistic Children

Sainsbury, W. J., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Carrasco, K. D. & Waddington, H., 11 Sept 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 8 p.

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1 Citation (Web of Science)

Reliability, Validity and Acceptability of the PEDI-CAT with ASD Scales for Australian Children and Youth on the Autism Spectrum

Chamberlain, A., D’Arcy, E., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Wallace, K., Hayden-Evans, M., Girdler, S., Milbourn, B., Bölte, S. & Evans, K., 28 Apr 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 14 p.

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2023

Age of Diagnosis for Co-occurring Autism and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder During Childhood and Adolescence: a Systematic Review

Sainsbury, W. J., Carrasco, K., Whitehouse, A. J. O., McNeil, L. & Waddington, H., Sept 2023, In: Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 10, 3, p. 563-575 13 p.

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Caregiver sensitivity predicts infant language use, and infant language complexity predicts caregiver language complexity, in the context of possible emerging autism

AICES Team, Apr 2023, In: Autism Research. 16, 4, p. 745-756 12 p.

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Commentary: A spectrum for all? A response to Green et al. (2023), neurodiversity, autism and health care

Whitehouse, A., Sept 2023, In: Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 28, 3, p. 443-445 3 p.

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5 Citations (Scopus)

Estimated Therapy Costs and Downstream Cost Consequences of iBASIS-Video Interaction to Promote Positive Parenting Intervention vs Usual Care Among Children Displaying Early Behavioral Signs of Autism in Australia

Segal, L., Green, J., Twizeyemariya, A., Hudry, K., Wan, M. W., Barbaro, J., Iacono, T., Varcin, K. J., Pillar, S., Cooper, M. N., Billingham, W., Upson, G. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., 5 Apr 2023, In: JAMA Network Open. 6, 4, p. E235847

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7 Citations (Scopus)

Interactions between the lipidome and genetic and environmental factors in autism

Busselton Health Study Investigators, Yap, C. X., Henders, A. K., Alvares, G. A., Giles, C., Huynh, K., Nguyen, A., Wallace, L., McLaren, T., Yang, Y., Hernandez, L. M., Gandal, M. J., Hansell, N. K., Cleary, D., Grove, R., Hafekost, C., Harun, A., Holdsworth, H., Jellett, R. & Khan, F. & 25 others, Lawson, L. P., Leslie, J., Levis Frenk, M., Masi, A., Mathew, N. E., Muniandy, M., Nothard, M., Miller, J. L., Nunn, L., Strike, L. T., Cadby, G., Moses, E. K., de Zubicaray, G. I., Thompson, P. M., McMahon, K. L., Wright, M. J., Visscher, P. M., Dawson, P. A., Dissanayake, C., Eapen, V., Heussler, H. S., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Meikle, P. J., Wray, N. R. & Gratten, J., 1 Apr 2023, In: Nature Medicine. 29, 4, p. 936-949 14 p.

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25 Citations (Scopus)

Language and reading impairments are associated with increased prevalence of non-right-handedness

Abbondanza, F., Dale, P. S., Wang, C. A., Hayiou-Thomas, M. E., Toseeb, U., Koomar, T. S., Wigg, K. G., Feng, Y., Price, K. M., Kerr, E. N., Guger, S. L., Lovett, M. W., Strug, L. J., van Bergen, E., Dolan, C. V., Tomblin, J. B., Moll, K., Schulte-Körne, G., Neuhoff, N. & Warnke, A. & 13 others, Fisher, S. E., Barr, C. L., Michaelson, J. J., Boomsma, D. I., Snowling, M. J., Hulme, C., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Pennell, C. E., Newbury, D. F., Stein, J., Talcott, J. B., Bishop, D. V. M. & Paracchini, S., 1 Jul 2023, In: Child Development. 94, 4, p. 970-984 15 p.

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13 Citations (Scopus)

Neurodevelopmental outcomes in children after prenatal marijuana exposure

Isik, O. G., Guo, L., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Li, G. & Ing, C., Aug 2023, In: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 37, 6, p. 536-546 11 p.

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4 Citations (Scopus)

The first six months of life: A systematic review of early markers associated with later autism

Cleary, D. B., Maybery, M. T., Green, C. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., Sept 2023, In: Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. 152, 105304.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

The Utility of Natural Language Samples for Assessing Communication and Language in Infants Referred with Early Signs of Autism

Hudry, K., Smith, J., Pillar, S., Varcin, K. J., Bent, C. A., Boutrus, M., Chetcuti, L., Clark, A., Dissanayake, C., Iacono, T., Kennedy, L., Lant, A., Lake, J. R., Segal, L., Slonims, V., Taylor, C., Wan, M. W., Green, J. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., Apr 2023, In: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. 51, 4, p. 529-539 11 p.

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6 Citations (Scopus)

2022

An Evaluation of the Overall Utility of Measures of Functioning Suitable for School-Aged Children on the Autism Spectrum: A Scoping Review

Hayden-Evans, M., Milbourn, B., D’Arcy, E., Chamberlain, A., Afsharnejad, B., Evans, K., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Bölte, S. & Girdler, S., Nov 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 21, 14114.

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15 Citations (Scopus)

A Parent-Mediated Intervention for Newborns at Familial Likelihood of Autism: Initial Feasibility Study in the General Population

Cleary, D. B., Bunney, A., Henry, L., Renton, M., Granich, J., Green, J., Maybery, M. T. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., Dec 2022, In: Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 6, 4, p. 494-505 12 p.

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6 Citations (Scopus)

A Survey of Autistic Adults from New Zealand on the Autism Diagnostic Process During Adolescence and Adulthood

Evans, K., van der Meer, L., Eggleston, M. J. F., Taylor, L. J., Thabrew, H., Waddington, H. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., Feb 2022, In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52, 2, p. 771-781 11 p.

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13 Citations (Scopus)

Australian Clinicians’ Considerations When Choosing an Assessment of Functioning Tool for Children with Neurodevelopmental Conditions

D’Arcy, E., Evans, K., Afsharnejad, B., Milbourn, B., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Bölte, S. & Girdler, S., Dec 2022, In: Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 6, 4, p. 420-425 6 p.

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1 Citation (Scopus)

Content validation of common measures of functioning for young children against the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and Code and Core Sets relevant to neurodevelopmental conditions

D’Arcy, E., Wallace, K., Chamberlain, A., Evans, K., Milbourn, B., Bölte, S., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Girdler, S., May 2022, In: Autism. 26, 4, p. 928-939 12 p.

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12 Citations (Scopus)

Genome-wide analyses of individual differences in quantitatively assessed reading- and language-related skills in up to 34,000 people

Eising, E., Mirza-Schreiber, N., de Zeeuw, E. L., Wang, C. A., Truong, D. T., Allegrini, A. G., Shapland, C. Y., Zhu, G., Wigg, K. G., Gerritse, M. L., Molz, B., Alagöz, G., Gialluisi, A., Abbondanza, F., Rimfeld, K., van Donkelaar, M., Liao, Z., Jansen, P. R., Andlauer, T. F. M. & Bates, T. C. & 75 others, Bernard, M., Blokland, K., Bonte, M., Børglum, A. D., Bourgeron, T., Brandeis, D., Ceroni, F., Csépe, V., Dale, P. S., de Jong, P. F., DeFries, J. C., Démonet, J. F., Demontis, D., Feng, Y., Gordon, S. D., Guger, S. L., Hayiou-Thomas, M. E., Hernández-Cabrera, J. A., Hottenga, J. J., Hulme, C., Kere, J., Kerr, E. N., Koomar, T., Landerl, K., Leonard, G. T., Lovett, M. W., Lyytinen, H., Martin, N. G., Martinelli, A., Maurer, U., Michaelson, J. J., Moll, K., Monaco, A. P., Morgan, A. T., Nöthen, M. M., Pausova, Z., Pennell, C. E., Pennington, B. F., Price, K. M., Rajagopal, V. M., Ramus, F., Richer, L., Simpson, N. H., Smith, S. D., Snowling, M. J., Stein, J., Strug, L. J., Talcott, J. B., Tiemeier, H., van der Schroeff, M. P., Verhoef, E., Watkins, K. E., Wilkinson, M., Wright, M. J., Barr, C. L., Boomsma, D. I., Carreiras, M., Franken, M. C. J., Gruen, J. R., Luciano, M., Müller-Myhsok, B., Newbury, D. F., Olson, R. K., Paracchini, S., Paus, T., Plomin, R., Reilly, S., Schulte-Körne, G., Tomblin, J. B., van Bergen, E., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Willcutt, E. G., St Pourcain, B., Francks, C. & Fisher, S. E., 30 Aug 2022, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 119, 35, e2202764119.

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54 Citations (Scopus)

Harmonized Phenotypes for Anxiety, Depression, and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Jović, M., Agarwal, K., Whitehouse, A. & van den Berg, S. M., Sept 2022, In: Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment. 44, 3, p. 663-678 16 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Hypothesis-driven genome-wide association studies provide novel insights into genetics of reading disabilities

Quantitative Trait Working Group of the GenLang Consortium, Price, K. M., Wigg, K. G., Eising, E., Feng, Y., Blokland, K., Wilkinson, M., Kerr, E. N., Guger, S. L., Abbondanza, F., Allegrini, A. G., Andlauer, T. F. M., Bates, T. C., Bernard, M., Bonte, M., Boomsma, D. I., Bourgeron, T., Brandeis, D., Carreiras, M. & Ceroni, F. & 71 others, Csépe, V., Dale, P. S., DeFries, J. C., de Jong, P. F., Démonet, J. F., de Zeeuw, E. L., Franken, M. C. J., Francks, C., Gerritse, M., Gialluisi, A., Gordon, S. D., Gruen, J. R., Hayiou-Thomas, M. E., Hernández-Cabrera, J., Hottenga, J. J., Hulme, C., Jansen, P. R., Kere, J., Koomar, T., Landerl, K., Leonard, G. T., Liao, Z., Luciano, M., Lyytinen, H., Martin, N. G., Martinelli, A., Maurer, U., Michaelson, J. J., Mirza-Schreiber, N., Moll, K., Monaco, A. P., Morgan, A. T., Müller-Myhsok, B., Newbury, D. F., Nöthen, M. M., Olson, R. K., Paracchini, S., Paus, T., Pausova, Z., Pennell, C. E., Pennington, B. F., Plomin, R. J., Ramus, F., Reilly, S., Richer, L., Rimfeld, K., Schulte-Körne, G., Shapland, C. Y., Simpson, N. H., Smith, S. D., Snowling, M. J., St Pourcain, B., Stein, J. F., Talcott, J. B., Tiemeier, H., Tomblin, J. B., Truong, D. T., van Bergen, E., van der Schroeff, M. P., Van Donkelaar, M., Verhoef, E., Wang, C. A., Watkins, K. E., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Willcutt, E. G., Wright, M. J., Zhu, G., Fisher, S. E., Lovett, M. W., Strug, L. J. & Barr, C. L., Dec 2022, In: Translational Psychiatry. 12, 1, 495.

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7 Citations (Web of Science)

"It Was Such a Different Experience": a Qualitative Study of Parental Perinatal Experiences When Having a Subsequent Child After Having a Child Diagnosed with Autism

Cleary, D. B., Maybery, M. T., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Evans, K., Dec 2022, In: Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders. 6, 4, p. 407-419 13 p.

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Perceived Support Needs of School-Aged Young People on the Autism Spectrum and Their Caregivers

Evans, K., Whitehouse, A. J. O., D’Arcy, E., Hayden-Evans, M., Wallace, K., Kuzminski, R., Thorpe, R., Girdler, S., Milbourn, B., Bölte, S. & Chamberlain, A., Dec 2022, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 19, 23, 15605.

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8 Citations (Scopus)

The use of language in autism research

Monk, R., Whitehouse, A. J. O. & Waddington, H., Nov 2022, In: Trends in Neurosciences. 45, 11, p. 791-793 3 p.

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84 Citations (Web of Science)

2021

Analysis of common genetic variation and rare CNVs in the Australian Autism Biobank

Yap, C. X., Alvares, G. A., Henders, A. K., Lin, T., Wallace, L., Farrelly, A., McLaren, T., Berry, J., Vinkhuyzen, A. A. E., Trzaskowski, M., Zeng, J., Yang, Y., Cleary, D., Grove, R., Hafekost, C., Harun, A., Holdsworth, H., Jellett, R., Khan, F. & Lawson, L. & 14 others, Leslie, J., Levis Frenk, M., Masi, A., Mathew, N. E., Muniandy, M., Nothard, M., Visscher, P. M., Dawson, P. A., Dissanayake, C., Eapen, V., Heussler, H. S., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Wray, N. R. & Gratten, J., Dec 2021, In: Molecular Autism. 12, 1, p. 1-17 12.

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Autism-related dietary preferences mediate autism-gut microbiome associations

Yap, C. X., Henders, A. K., Alvares, G. A., Wood, D. L. A., Krause, L., Tyson, G. W., Restuadi, R., Wallace, L., McLaren, T., Hansell, N. K., Cleary, D., Grove, R., Hafekost, C., Harun, A., Holdsworth, H., Jellett, R., Khan, F., Lawson, L. P., Leslie, J. & Frenk, M. L. & 21 others, Masi, A., Mathew, N. E., Muniandy, M., Nothard, M., Miller, J. L., Nunn, L., Holtmann, G., Strike, L. T., de Zubicaray, G. I., Thompson, P. M., McMahon, K. L., Wright, M. J., Visscher, P. M., Dawson, P. A., Dissanayake, C., Eapen, V., Heussler, H. S., McRae, A. F., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Wray, N. R. & Gratten, J., 24 Nov 2021, In: Cell. 184, 24, p. 5916-5931.e17

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220 Citations (Scopus)

Investigating associations between birth order and autism diagnostic phenotypes

Alvares, G. A., Licari, M. K., Stevenson, P. G., Bebbington, K., Cooper, M. N., Glasson, E. J., Tan, D. W., Uljarević, M., Varcin, K. J., Wray, J. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry. 62, 8, p. 961-970 10 p.

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14 Citations (Scopus)

Prenatal Exposure to General Anesthesia and Childhood Behavioral Deficit

Ing, C., Landau, R., Destephano, D., Miles, C. H., Von Ungern-Sternberg, B. S., Li, G. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., 1 Sept 2021, In: Anesthesia and Analgesia. 133, 3, p. 595-605 11 p.

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The effects of JASPER intervention for children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review

Waddington, H., Reynolds, J. E., Macaskill, E., Curtis, S., Taylor, L. & Whitehouse, A. J. O., Nov 2021, In: Journal of Autism. 25, 8, p. 2370-2385 16 p.

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28 Citations (Scopus)

Improving clinical outcomes for children with autism spectrum disorder: A research program spanning basic, clinical and implementation science

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