Getting a timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is a major challenge, but new research from York University shows that ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is not a disease, but a unique manner in which the brain receives and processes information.

Autism's history is filled with misconceptions. Understanding the science helps us move past outdated myths, support autistic ...

Families often come to me with concerns about their child’s behavior and development in the first few years of life. Parents ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as ...

focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD. ASD was ...

A child’s growth isn’t just measured in height and weight. Young kids also reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, act and move. Becoming familiar with both markers — physical size and ...

Raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can upend a family’s world — that transformation can go unrecognized by those outside of it. Just as each child with autism presents unique ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication ...