Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can run in families, but what role do parental skills play in a child’s diagnosis? Data on children diagnosed with ASD in Denmark over a 20-year period has enabled ...

A University of Manchester-led study is testing whether an intervention with parents and teachers can help children with autism transfer newly acquired social communication skills from home into ...

And for kids with autism, there may be additional considerations ... “For example, if a child’s play and fine motor skills are around the developmental level of an 18-month-old, I would ...

Aug. 19, 2024 — A new machine learning model can predict autism in young children from relatively limited information. The model can facilitate early detection of autism, which is important to ...

If your child has a classmate, friend or relative with autism, it can be difficult for them to understand exactly what this means. With a little help from children, families and voice actors ...

In general, I wish people would stop treating the word autism like it’s a curse word ... That’s a pretty superhuman skill to me. Jennifer Jay Palumbo Jennifer Jay Palumbo is an award-winning ...

In a recent review article published in BMC Public Health, researchers discussed the association between environmental pollutants and the incidence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). They ...

There is new evidence that the cells responsible for communication in the brain may be structured differently in children with autism ... social interaction, play skills and more.

Severe autism can be reversed and symptoms reduced to an indistinguishable level, scientists have discovered. Two ...