Childhood immunizations are essential for protecting against infectious diseases, disability and death. With developing ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological condition. It is not caused by parenting. Autistic children feel emotions deeply.

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic ...

Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) often lose access to specialized ...

Poorly controlled thyroid disease with persistent imbalance across trimesters is associated with an increased risk for autism ...

The Tom and Jill Zidian Family Autism Center at Akron Children’s opened on Nov. 11 and will offer comprehensive, coordinated ...

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Pervasive developmental disorders (PDD) — now known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — refers to a group of conditions that affect average development. It may appear as a delay in development of ...

ATLANTA ― The use of insulinlike growth factor–1 (IGF-1) significantly improves symptoms of social withdrawal and repetitive behaviors in children with Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS), a genetic cause ...