Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect a person’s life in several ways. For example, ASD can affect the way someone communicates, interacts with others, and ...

The Autism Resource Center reopened this month at Lancaster Public Library with new resources and a layout to better accommodate patrons on the autism spectrum. “The collection was never unavailable,” ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (December 1, 2011) – Autism Speaks, North America's largest autism science and advocacy organization today released the Visual Supports and Autism Spectrum Disorder tool kit providing ...

A new study published reports that social deficits in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) correlate with early structural and connectivity traits particularly in the visual ...

UNC School of Medicine researchers used MRI to document crucial differences in the visual processing system in the brains of infants who went on to be diagnosed with autism. CHAPEL HILL, ...

Approximately one in 68 children is identified with some form of autism, from extremely mild to severe, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. On average, diagnosis does not occur until ...

FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- How children respond to movement could provide an early means of detecting autism, a new study says. Children with autism are known to prefer watching ...

Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a complex developmental condition that affects how people interact, communicate, learn, and behave. People with ASD have differences in their ...