Gesturing may determine risks for delays
Studying how kids gesture at an early age may help identify those at risk for delays in speech and cognitive development....
read moreReduced motor skills in early infancy may be autism
Research out of the Kennedy Krieger Institute indicates that limit motor skills in early infancy may be a trait of autism....
read more100-year-old drug reverse autism symptoms in mice
A 100-year-old drug used to treat African sleeping sickness has been found to reverse autism-like symptoms in mice. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine found that the drug restored normal cellular signaling in a...
read moreAir pollution linked to autism
Early life exposure to air pollution is linked to autism and schizophrenia. A new study found that exposure to air pollution early in life appears to create harmful changes in the brain similar to those in people with autism...
read moreStress during pregnancy linked to autism and asthma
Moms who are stress during pregnancy may increase the development of symptoms of asthma and autism in their child. Researchers in Canada have been studying the effects of stress on pregnant women who endured the January 1998 Quebec ice...
read moreSSRIs during pregnancy may increase boys’ risk of autism...
Pregnant women carrying boys who take certain SSRIs (medications used to treat depression, anxiety and other mental-health problems) increase their risk of having a child with autism and developmental delays....
read moreAutism in U.S. has increased 30 percent in 2 years
According to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of American children with autism spectrum disorder has increased by 30 percent over two years. They now estimate that 1 in 68 children has...
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