For years the treatment of autism has been dominated by a single treatment modality called applied behavioral analysis (ABA). ABA is a treatment modality that was designed for children in the ...

Autism in children and young adults in America has surged in the last decade, data shows. An analysis of millions of health records found that among all age groups, diagnoses rose 175 percent ...

Four times as many children have been diagnosed with autism in the past two decades amid improved awareness and screening and evolving definitions. A new study suggests diagnoses have increased at ...

The number of American children and adults diagnosed with autism increased 175% in roughly a decade, according to new research that shows an uptick among certain groups appears to be driving the trend ...

A residential development for adults with autism and similar intellectual developmental disabilities (IDDs) and their families is planned for a 43-acre site in Franklin at 7521 S. 31st St.

The parents of a man with severe autism said they had to "battle" to ... the government was "alive" to the need to look at the way adult social care was funded. "We can't have a healthcare system ...

A new support group for autistic adults is set to launch in Gosport. The group, run by the charity Autism Hampshire, will begin meeting on Tuesday, October 29, and will provide a safe space for ...

Folic Acid May Mitigate Link Between Lead Exposure During Pregnancy and Autistic Behaviours in Children Oct. 16, 2024 — A new study has found that folate may weaken the link between blood-lead ...

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Big surges in new autism diagnoses among young adults, as well a rise in diagnoses for girls and young women, have driven a near-tripling of U.S ...

While new diagnoses among male children during the study period rose by 185%, they soared by 305% among girls, the data showed. Among adults, women charted a 315% rise in autism diagnoses between ...

No Evidence Adults With Autism Are More Vulnerable to Criminals, Study Finds FRIDAY, Nov. 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Are people with autism less able to "read" the nefarious intent of criminals ...