Autism News

Advanced maternal age is linked to a significantly elevated risk of having a child with autism, regardless of the father's age, according to an exhaustive study of all births in California d... Read more

American scientists have found that parents of children with autism can help their kids more effectively after watching instructional DVDs.

It was also seen that this ... Read more

Scientists believe that exposure to lead might be linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in kids.

They said while genes may account for as much as 70 perc... Read more

Brain connectivity is missing in people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new research has provided the first direct evidence of this.

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A new study has added to a growing body of evidence that autism is indeed a brain 'connectivity' disorder.

Senior investigator Mustafa Sahin, MD, PhD, of Children's Department of... Read more

Highly educated parents are more likely to have autistic kids, finds a new study.

While analysing data on about 2.5 million births in California in a five-year period, researcher... Read more

Washington, Jan 9 (ANI): Scientists have found that children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) process sound and language a fraction of a second slower than those without ASDs.
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Autism and related development disorders are becoming more common, with a prevalence rate approaching 1 percent among American 8-year-olds, according to new data from researchers at the Univ... Read more

Scientists have opened a new window into understanding social difficulties of individuals with autism after being able to visualise differences in brain activity between those wit... Read more

There exists a sharp difference between the beliefs of ordinary people and medical experts about the reasons for the increased incidence of autism, say researchers.

Expert consen... Read more