Credit: Getty Images. This article describes what you should do to prepare for the initial evaluation if you suspect your child may have ASD, or if you think you might have ASD. Autism spectrum ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends children to be screened for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at both their 18-month and 24-month pediatric well-child visits. One of the most popular ...

A simple checklist that parents fill out in the waiting room may help doctors someday screen for warning signs of autism as early as a baby's first birthday. San Diego pediatricians tested the tool ...

With one in 44 children in the United States having autism, early detection and intervention are integral to improving outcomes. Because autism is diagnosed based on behavior, and there are not yet ...

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 ...

The primary method that pediatricians use to identify children with autism is missing more kids with the developmental disorder than it catches, new research suggests. Less than 40 percent of children ...

One in 44 children in the United States are now diagnosed with autism, and the rate is still rising. What has been unclear is whether the incidence of autism is actually increasing or if clinicians ...

In the study, 31 pediatric practices across three sites were randomly assigned to an experimental condition involving training and supervision in the universal, standardized, high-fidelity use of ...

Early detection of developmental delay and childhood disorders are important for early intervention. This study aimed to describe the distribution of responses in a large population-based survey, ...

In one of the largest autism studies, some questions regarding diagnostic accuracy have been raised. The first study of its kind by the researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ...

New research published in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology reveals that children born preterm are more likely to screen positive for autism than full-term children. For the study, 9,725 ...

The most widely used screening tool for autism is not as accurate as hoped, according to the latest in a string of studies questioning the tests currently used to diagnose the condition. The team at ...