The aim of this study is to examine the correlation between the autism symptoms of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the visual-spatial perceptions and face recognition skills of the parents of these children. In the study, the parents of 30 children (30 mothers, 30 fathers) diagnosed with Intellectual Developmental Disorder and the parents of 30 children (30 mothers, 30 fathers) without any psychiatric disorder, totally 180 people, were assessed in order to compare the data of the parents of 30 children (30 mothers, 30 fathers) diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Behavior Checklist (ABC) was used in order to assess the symptoms of the children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Benton’s Judgment of Line Orientation Test (BJLO), Benton Facial Recognition Test (BFRT), and Symptom Checklist (SCL-90) were used in order to assess the parents in three groups. It was found that there was no correlation between the autism symptoms of the children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the visual-spatial perceptions and face recognition skills of their parents. The spatial perception skills of the fathers in the Autism Spectrum Disorder group were higher compared to the mothers in this group (p<0.001), it was found that the 14.4% (p=0.022) of the BFRT scores of the fathers in the Autism Spectrum Disorder and 11.8% (p=0.035) of the BFRT scores of the fathers in the Intellectual Developmental Disorder group were explained by the BJLO scores. It may be useful to focus on the gender, face recognition skill and the visual-spatial perception performance when researching the genetical aspects of the face processing disorder seen as consistent information in the Autism Spectrum Disorder phenotype

Aim: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder affecting
multiple levels of social and cognitive skills and causing a significant health‑care burden.
Currently, there is no approved treatment for ASD. Methods: In this study, 10 children with
ASD between the ages 6 and 19 years (M = 12.3, standard deviation = 3.94) were recruited.
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) was applied and symptom severity was
measured before and after treatment using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS) and
Autistic Behavior Checklist (ABC). All children received sessions of low‑frequency rTMS to the
bilateral prefrontal cortices. Results: The results showed that the children improved according
to both symptom ratings. Specifically, both the relating (z = −2.02, P < 0.05), body and object
use (z = −2.03, P < 0.05) and language (z = −2.21, P < 0.05) subscale scores and the total
score of ABC (z = −2.37, P < 0.05) decreased. Regarding CARS, visual response (z = −2.06,
P < 0.05), verbal communication (z = −2.12, P < 0.05) subscale scores, and the total score (z
= −2.52, P = 0.01) decreased significantly after TMS therapy. Conclusion: Our study was open
label and in terms of sample size should be considered a pilot study. Although the results should
be evaluated cautiously, the findings suggest that rTMS might be a safe and useful tool for
improving deficits related to ASD in children.