A new Autism Support Now clinic in Blue Springs offers ABA therapy for kids, easing waitlists across the region.

ADHD diagnosis doesn’t require a psychological evaluation, but skipping one may mean missing other conditions.

Groundbreaking research found that behavioral therapy – when used first – was less expensive and more effective than medication in treating children with ADHD.

The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that ...

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New study finds no link between prenatal paracetamol use and autism or ADHD risk in children Researchers analysed over 700,000 mother-child pairs with sibling comparison to control confounders Earlier ...

Reassuring evidence on acetaminophen’s safety during pregnancy keeps growing. A large, two-decade study in Hong Kong is the latest to find no link between use of the drug — known as Tylenol in the ...

Less than 24 hours after NBC News reported on members of the military and retirees facing roadblocks in getting coverage for critical therapies for children with autism, Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, ...

Logan Cabiao has a severe form of autism and is nonverbal. At 10 years old, his parents say, he needs round-the-clock support and supervision. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access ...

We may be beginning to understand what is behind the recent explosion in diagnoses of ADHD and autism. A study of 140,000 people in Denmark reveals that those recently diagnosed with ADHD or autism ...

We appreciate the recent public and government scrutiny of exorbitant billing practices by some applied behavior analysis (ABA) businesses, as they harm children, families and taxpayers (“Autism ...

There’s a surprising connection between a baby’s earliest biological programming, the gut microbiome, and later brain development, according to a new study from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.