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Experts Disagree on Autism Diagnosis ‘Explosion’
We’ve been hearing for quite some time that autism is on the rise. But is it really? Apparently...
Brain Scans on Toddlers Reveal Critical Language Development Window
If you’ve ever had the privilege of watching a child grow from infancy into toddlerhood, then you...
Gene Deletions Found to Be More Common in Autism
With autism occurring now in about 1% of the population, researchers and scientists are hard...
Study: Male and Female Brains Affected Differently by Autism
While 1 in 53 boys are diagnosed with autism, only about 1 in 252 girls receive the same diagnosis...
Scientists Find Brain Differences between Autism and Aspergers
Recently, the American Psychiatric Association decided to merge Asperger’s and autism in the newest...
New Study on Motion Could Improve Therapies and Diagnosis for Children with Autism
Autism is characterized by difficulties with communication (verbal and non-verbal), limited...
Study Suggests Children With Autism May Infer Thoughts of Others Sooner if Given Right Motivation
Inference, or “theory of mind,” is the ability to take details from a scenario and applying it with...
Newly Discovered Antibodies Produced by Some Pregnant Women May Lead to Prenatal Autism Test and Prevention
ffecting about 1 in 88 children in the United States, autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that...
Autism Affects Broad Range of Sensory and Motor Skills, Researchers Say
In the autism diagnosis criteria, there is a great deal of emphasis placed on the social abilities...
Researchers Bringing Different Technologies Together to Find Treatment for Autism
Back in the 1960’s, only 4 or 5 out of 10,000 children received an autism diagnosis. Today...