A 2024 study of autism screening included an important finding: Pediatric clinicians who use a standardized screening tool are more likely to flag toddlers as potentially autistic. However, the ...

State officials and doctors hope a new set of statewide guidelines will improve screening and increase early intervention in autism spectrum disorders. State officials and doctors hope a new set of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2022, about 1 in every 31 children was diagnosed with autism by age 8, according to the CDC. - mrs/Moment RF/Getty Images A new ...

New research from Drexel University’s A.J. Drexel Autism Institute found that the use of standardized autism screening during pediatric well-child visits identifies more children with high autism ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is waging war on autism — and experts say it’s both unscientific and stigmatizing. The newly appointed HHS Secretary said autism “destroys” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the not-too-distant future, psychiatrists might be able to diagnose neurodivergent disorders like ADHD and autism in as little ...

One in 31 8-year-olds had autism in U.S. communities examined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a small increase from previous years, according to a report released Tuesday. The study ...

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among U.S. children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely ...