Autism News

University of Missouri researchers have developed a pupil response test that is 92.5 percent accurate in separating children with autism from those with typical development.

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The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) has decided to include vaccine research studies in the objectives of the updated Strategic Plan for Autism Research.

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A recent study has it that handwriting difficulties are more prominent in autistic children than in their non-autistic peers.

The study, conducted by researchers at the Kennedy K... Read more

A new study has said that low levels of healthy folate in mothers could make their kids susceptible to having ADHD at age seven to nine years.

It has long been suggested t... Read more

A new genetic signature that correlates strongly with autism and which does not involve changes to the DNA sequence itself has been uncovered by researchers at Duke University Medical Center... Read more

The use of ADHD drugs is turning children as young as five into psychotics, a new study has revealed.

Many of them have attempted suicide or are severely depressed ... Read more

An international team of researchers has found a single-letter change in the genetic code that is linked with autism. The team includes an Indian origin scientist.

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New study results from the largest ever twin study that confirm the role genetics plays in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have been announced by the Kennedy Krieger Institute. The study a... Read more

The swine flu vaccine being used in Britain contains an additive the use of which in children's jabs was stopped five years ago, over fears that it could lead to autism.

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The NHS Information Centre has published the first ever major study into adults living with autism today.

The report, entitled 'Autism Spectrum Disorders in adults living in hou... Read more