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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...