A child’s growth isn’t just measured in height and weight. Young kids also reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, act and move. Becoming familiar with both markers — physical size and ...

Scientists found a genetic link between autism and DM1, where repeat DNA sequences disrupt brain gene splicing. This sheds ...

There are a ton of ways to strengthen the lower body—and strong legs boost your workout performance and help you move and ...

Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder, is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate, behave ...

Someone with mild autism has autistic traits but higher independence. This is associated with level 1 autism. Learn about ...

Child diagnoses are rising; however, due to changing definitions, systems, and expectations, it is not an epidemic of illness ...

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Neena Champaigne about advances in treating rare diseases in children. Dr. Champaigne ...

In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus published his groundbreaking theory, “On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres.” His new ideas sparked a revolution by placing the Sun – rather than the Earth – at the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. received backlash this week over his comments describing the increase in autism diagnoses among U.S.

Researchers have uncovered a surprising mechanism by which a single genetic mutation in the BCL11B gene causes both immune dysfunction and brain development issues.

RIKEN researchers have discovered how a single mutation in one gene can simultaneously result in two symptoms—a severely ...