From the Elsevier press release via AlphaGalileo: In a study published in the March 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Katherine Rice and colleagues, from the Marcus…
From the Yale University press release by Karen N. Peart: Children with autism spectrum disorders who also have serious behavioral problems responded better to medication combined with training for their parents than to treatment with…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release via EurekAlert!: A new study from the Infant Brain Imaging Network, which includes researchers at the Center for Autism Research at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP),…
From the UC Davis Health System press release: Mice genetically engineered to be susceptible to autism-like behaviors that were exposed to a common flame retardant were less fertile and their offspring were smaller, less sociable…
From the Flinders University press release via MedicalXPress: Recognising a person’s face can be challenging at the best of times, yet the task becomes all the more onerous for those with autism. While popular theory…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release: Researchers have found significant differences in brain development in infants as young as six months old who later develop autism, compared with babies who don’t develop…
From the Inderscience press release via AlphaGalileo: Making play sets more interactive and giving children with autism greater opportunities to control and add content of their own to the game could improve cooperative play with…
From the UT Dallas press release: A UT Dallas undergraduate’s research is revealing new information about a key protein’s role in the development of epilepsy, autism and other neurological disorders. This work could one day…
From the Washington University in St. Louis press release by Beth Miller: Children with autism often have problems developing motor skills, such as running, throwing a ball or even learning how to write. But scientists…
From the University of Texas Health Science Center press release: Older maternal and paternal age are jointly associated with having a child with autism, according to a recently published study led by researchers at The…