Most children can be reliably diagnosed with autism at age 2. Some kids may be diagnosed earlier if they have more severe symptoms, but most children in the U.S are diagnosed at age 4 or later.

A key component of the measure is bridging the gaps between learning opportunities for children with autism. It would keep ...

A large study analyzing over 1.1 million pregnancies found no strong evidence that maternal health conditions during ...

Each autistic person’s symptoms are unique ... followed by a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at New York Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center.

Bilingualism boosts cognitive skills in autistic children, enhancing executive function and perspective-taking.

Study: Multilingualism impacts children's executive function and core autism symptoms. Image Credit: Sergey Novikov/Shutterstock.com In a recent study published in the journal Autism Research ...

New psychology research suggests that children who speak multiple languages may have improved cognitive skills. New research ...

Genetic variants linked to autism are associated with structural differences in neonatal white matter, particularly increased ...

While many studies have reported a link between a mother's health condition during pregnancy and her child's risk of autism, a new study shows that nearly all of these "associations" can otherwise ...

Dhaliwal has studied child development since 1999 and became interested in neurodiverse children’s growth through her ...