Some parents begin to recognize early signs of autism when their baby is around 6 to 12 months old—and maybe even earlier, says Thomas Frazier, PhD, a clinical psychologist, autism researcher ...

NBC News has learned that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are initiating expanded research into understanding ...

Autism can be a taboo topic for many communities. For parents with school-aged children who are diagnosed with autism, there's a concern about having access to resources to assist them, what their ...

That’s partly because the signs of autism many of us grew up learning about can apply more often to boys and men than women and girls, they say. We spoke to Dr Mikki Lee Elembaby Psy.D ...

A new study found that children whose mothers took an essential vitamin early in pregnancy had significantly higher verbal ...

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how signs of autism in adult women can sometimes go unnoticed. That’s partly because, Dr Mikki Lee Elembaby Psy.D, a Manhattan-based psychologist from Clarity ...

more awareness about signs and symptoms, and improved diagnostic practices. As autism becomes a more prevalent topic in today's landscape, here's all we need to know about autism spectrum disorder.

receive a diagnosis late in life or are misdiagnosed with conditions other than autism.” That’s partly because the signs of autism many of us grew up learning about can apply more often to boys and ...

There are three levels of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which are described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Each autistic person is diagnosed as ...