Identifying Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at an early age allows children to start treatment sooner, which can greatly improve their later development and learning, the Journal of Paediatrics reports. In 75 percent of the cases, …
Researchers are developing a new tool that will diagnose autism in young children within mere minutes instead of the hours that it currently takes. Diagnosing autism is complex and subjective. Dennis Wall, associate professor of …
Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Mukul Wasnik Monday said there was an urgent need to sensitise the society about autism to ensure a dignified life for India's 10 million autistic people. Wasnik was speaking at a …
Researchers have come up with answers as to why autistic children act and think differently than their peers. They've shown, for the first time, that the connections between brain regions that are important for language and …
Whether an unreasonable airline denies them a seat or an inconsiderate doctor refuses to examine them, autistic people have for long faced unnecessary discrimination for no fault of theirs. Experts nonetheless believe that …
Premature infants are five times more likely to suffer from autism than children born at normal weights, scientists say. Children born between September 1984 and July 1987 in Britain and the US with weights between 500 and 2,000 …
