Though screen time is typically a no-no for toddlers, a new smartphone app supported by the National Institutes of Health could actually have a positive impact on childhood brain development. The app, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most families of children with autism may face long wait times to diagnose their child with the disorder, and once a diagnosis is ...

One of the most effective means of investigating and understanding autism is eye tracking. Participants are shown photos or videos, and computer software records where their gaze rests. Autistic ...

Eye-tracking-based measurement of social visual engagement -- how kids look at and learn from their social environment -- was predictive of autism diagnosis by clinical experts in young children, ...

According to research, 61% of autism diagnostic centers report wait times of four months or longer, and families often wait much longer to access a qualified diagnostician. These constraints have ...

New eye tracking studies indicate that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have stronger cognitive abilities than non-ASD children depending on the task – they were quicker at search tasks ...

Most families of children with autism may face long wait times to diagnose their child with the disorder, and once a diagnosis is made, it sometimes may not be definitive. But now, two studies ...

For parents, an autism diagnosis for their child is life-changing, often following months of uncertainty. Questions about eye contact, social responsiveness, and developmental progress lead families ...

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 ...

Since 2000, the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, a project of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has collected data to make an official estimate of all children ...