Autism, a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior, is on the rise, with 1 in...
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New Eye-Tracking Tool Can Improve Early Autism Diagnosis, Studies Show
Two recent studies suggest that a newly developed eye-tracking tool may revolutionize the diagnosis...
New Study Reveals Emotional and Physiological Differences in Siblings of Children with Autism
A groundbreaking study published in Development and Psychopathology sheds light on the emotional...
Infant Brain Scans May Make Early Diagnoses for Autism a Reality
Children with autism will always have autism. Yet many can and do make cognitive, communicative...
Study: Siblings with Autism may Have Different Forms of the Disorder
Research for autism has been slow-going for a number of reasons, but one of the biggest is that...
Siblings of Children with Autism Can Present with Symptoms at 18 Months
Only about 20% of all siblings of children with autism will develop the condition by age three, but...
Study: Autism Intervention at Six Months of Age May Eliminate Symptoms & Developmental Delays
As autism testing becomes and advanced, and we become aware of the symptoms, diagnosis – or at the...
New Study Suggests Children May Recover from Autism
It sounds impossible, doesn’t it? A child recovering from autism to the point that there are no...
Study: Autism a ‘Mostly Genetic’ Condition According to Statistical Analysis
We’ve made a lot of gains when it comes to understanding autism over the past couple of decades...
Study: Boys with Autism Exposed to Higher Levels of Hormones In Utero
While the causes of autism are still obscure (at best), science continually brings us closer to...
New Diagnostic Criteria Lowers Previous Estimates of Autism Spectrum Disorders, Study Finds
Two years ago, experts started working on changes to the autism spectrum diagnosis criteria. What...