Autism News

A review of existing studies by Harvard researchers has found that children born to older parents have increased autism risk. The study also found that children whose mother suffered complic... Read more

A new study has found that children diagnosed with autism produce different laughs than their nonautistic peers.

According to a recent paper entitled "Laughter Differs in Childre... Read more

More autism susceptibility genes have been discovered by a collaborative team of geneticists from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, ... Read more

Researchers report in the June 26th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press Publication that mice who inherit a particular chromosomal duplication from their fathers show many behavio... Read more

Pediatric researchers have identified hundreds of gene variations that occur more frequently in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than in children without ADHD. M... Read more

Researchers from University of Waterloo have developed a parent questionnaire that will help doctors to accurately gauge language development in children with autism.

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While people often find kids suffering from attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) rowdy and indisciplined, a new study suggests that such children are actually trying to cope with ... Read more

The commonly prescribed antidepressant citalopram is ineffective in treating obsessive features of autism spectrum disorder in children, reveals a study.

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The annual costs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) across the world are estimated to be more than £27 billion a year, according to new research published by SAGE in the journal Autism.
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A new study has found that hypertensive children (ie with high blood pressure) are at a greater risk of developing ADHD and other learning disabilities.

Conducted by researchers... Read more