After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one in 36 children. That is nearly the equivalent of one child per classroom. This number has risen in recent years with ...

A study at the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain in Minneapolis hopes to detect autism in children as young as six months. The nationwide Infant Brain Imaging Study ...

For children with autism, early intervention is critical. Therapies and education – especially in the first two years of life – can facilitate a child’s social development, reduce familial stress and ...