Doctors may soon be able to carry out a blood test to identify babies at risk of developing autism. New research suggests that children who have unusually high levels of four particular brain ...

Researchers have developed a new test that could detect children with autism years earlier than is currently possible using an eye scanning device. At the moment, diagnosing autism spectrum ...

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological and developmental condition marked by disruptions in brain-signaling that cause ...

Children on the autism spectrum might learn to read earlier than their neurotypical peers, sometimes as early as age 2. But they tend not to comprehend what they’re reading. While hyperlexia ...

While there’s no cure for autism, there are many approaches that can help both children and adults manage their symptoms and improve their quality of life. Autism spectrum disorder is a ...

Interestingly, multilingualism also seemed to help with some core challenges of autism. Autistic children in multilingual households were reported to have fewer repetitive behaviors, better ...

That’s up from 1 in 44 two years earlier. There are no blood or biological tests for autism. It’s identified by making judgments about a child’s behavior. For decades, the diagnosis was given only to ...

A study reveals that multilingual exposure boosts executive function and perspective-taking in children with autism, ...

Jewell starts growing his beard out in August, knowing he sometimes has to pass the pull test. Jewell's approach ... They each have a child with autism, and they both brought two children to ...

That’s up from 1 in 44 two years earlier. There are no blood or biological tests for autism. It’s identified by making judgments about a child’s behavior. For decades, the diagnosis was ...