autism
Sleep Disorders in Patients With Autism
06/13/2022
In this podcast, Beth A. Malow, MD, from Vanderbilt University, talks about treating sleep conditions in children and adults with autism. Because 1 out of every 59 children has autism, practitioners will soon see more adults with autism and sleep disorders.
Additional Resources:
- ATN/AIR-P strategies to improve sleep in children with autism. Autism Speaks. https://www.autismspeaks.org/tool-kit/atnair-p-strategies-improve-sleep-children-autism. Accessed June 28, 2019.
- Katz T, Malow BA. Solving Sleep Problems in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Guide for Frazzled Families. Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House; 2014. https://www.woodbinehouse.com/product/solving-sleep-problems-children-autism-spectrum-disorders-guide-frazzled-families. Accessed June 28, 2019.
- Malow BA. Sleep and autism: contributors, consequences, treatments, and new directions. Talk presented at: SLEEP 2019; June 8-12, 2019; San Antonio, TX. https://sleepmeeting.org/sessions/i-08/. Accessed June 28, 2019.
Beth A. Malow, MD, is the Burry Chair in Cognitive Childhood Development, a professor of neurology and pediatrics, and the director of the Sleep Division at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
