Research suggests that more than half of children with autism spectrum disorder, a neurodevelopmental condition, experience ...

Research suggests that more than half of children with autism spectrum disorder, a neurodevelopmental condition, experience ...

The noise and chaos of flying can be overwhelming for people on the spectrum. Here are some ways to ease the stress and make ...

Autism is diagnosed more often in boys than in girls. Part of the reason might be that girls are more difficult to diagnose.

Emily Wallace’s “mom intuition” led to her son’s Angelman syndrome diagnosis at just 18 months after doctors assured her her ...

Krystiana says she knew something was different about her fifth baby “about five seconds after he was born.” The popular social media influencer who only goes by her first name tells TODAY.com that ...

Rich DeMuro takes a look at a new test called ClearStrand that can detect autism much earlier than traditional methods - even in babies as young as one month old.

A major study suggests that some of the groundwork for brain development may be shaped before birth through a surprising partnership between a baby’s genes and gut microbes. Researchers found that ...

Donald Trump defended childhood vaccinations during a stop by “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson” on Sunday, saying only that he wished vaccines for infants and toddlers were smaller. Operating on ...

Colic may be a risk factor for developing food allergies later in childhood, according to new research published in the Journal of Pediatrics. In a prospective cohort study of over 1200 children ...

Joseph Buxbaum was initially unconvinced. When early hints of a connection between autism and Alzheimer’s began to appear in the medical literature a few years ago, they struck him as implausible — ...

If your baby avoids eye contact, turns away when you look at them, seems to gaze past you, or doesn't hold your eyes during feeding or play, you're not imagining it, and you're not overreacting. This ...