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Experts are sounding the alarm on a sharp rise in autism-like symptoms among Indian children aged 2 to 9 years, mostly due to ...

With autism now impacting one out of every 31 children in the US — per the CDC — education and awareness efforts continue to ...

The disease was then, as it is now, both incurable and intolerable: typically an inexorable descent into cognitive and ...

One mum on Reddit believes she sees three signs that her six-year-old son is autistic, and is now asking others for advice.

The alert, short of a formal famine declaration, follows outcries over images of emaciated children in Gaza and reports of dozens of hunger-related deaths after nearly 22 months of war.

Parents today are more watchful than ever, sometimes too much. Normal toddler quirks are being mistaken for signs of serious ...

That said, there are a number of signs or thought patterns that undiagnosed autistic people may be able to relate to.

The CDC said COVID-19 activity is rising in several parts of the country and test positivity and emergency department visits ...

Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be difficult because there is no medical test, such as a blood test, to ...

Dr. Malia Beckwith says many individuals with autism can develop relationships, careers, and live independently with the ...

Catching the Clues: Why Early Detection and Intervention Matter Children typically begin to show signs of autism at 18 months old. This age is right in the middle of what is referred to as the ...