Children diagnosed with autism could be at a greater risk of debilitating digestive issues, a study suggests. Researchers at the University of California, Davis, evaluated over 300 children with ...

Severe forms of autism could be linked to overgrowth of the brain's outer layer that starts while a baby is in the womb, a new study finds. Toddlers with autism have cerebral cortexes -- often ...

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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV) – One in sixty-eight children in the United States have autism spectrum disorder. In Michigan alone that’s more than 16-thousand children. Autism exists on a spectrum. It is ...

Researchers have found that the severity of autism symptoms, rather than the diagnosis itself, is linked to patterns of brain connectivity associated with genes connected to autism and ADHD.

April 2, 2009 — A new study suggests hyperbaric-oxygen therapy improves the overall functioning of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as well as their ability to interact socially and make ...

While there may seem to be an upwards trend in the number of children with this disorder, it is more likely due to expansion of its clinical criteria.

Girls with autism are often misdiagnosed because their symptoms manifest differently than they do in boys. Scientists say the prevalence of the disorder among girls is most likely higher than what ...

The classification of autism has been a mishmash. The very real disorder started out in the 1920s as children who refused to play with others and were indifferent to parental affection. All this was ...

White children are screened for autism up to two years earlier than their Black and Hispanic peers in Georgia, according to new research from the University of Georgia. Led by a team of researchers ...