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New Research Suggests Autism Starts during Pregnancy
Over the last few decades, we’ve watched the autism rate climb. In fact, before the 1990’s, it was...
Study Suggests Girls Have More ‘Protection’ from Autism than Boys
According to statistics, boys are roughly four times likely to be diagnosed with autism than girls...
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...
Children with Autism Benefit from Social Interactions Initiated by Peers
For most children with autism, social interaction is difficult. In fact, there are many that...
Problem Solving, Parent-Centered Therapy may Help Mothers of Children Diagnosed with Autism
Parents who care for children with autism (or any other physical or emotional disability) often...
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...
Risk of Autism Higher in Children with Older Siblings on the Spectrum
According to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
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...