The international manual of conditions now includes a diagnostic code for Angelman syndrome — which may enable scientists to systematically collect information about the syndrome.
Machine-learning holds the promise to help clinicians spot autism sooner, but technical and ethical obstacles remain.
The California-based company’s phone application for autism diagnosis is not as far along as initial reports suggested.
From an app to diagnose autism to a crowdsourced project to map its prevalence, Dennis Wall is brimming with ambitious ideas. But his execution of these ideas leaves something to be desired, his critics say.
The instruments clinicians use to diagnose depression in people with autism cannot capture its unique presentation in this group.
Two new parent questionnaires could help clinicians identify autism in babies and in members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
The latest manual of international disease codes is out, a franchise claims to have an autism cure, and two reports diverge on the validity of the social-motivation hypothesis.
Referring children with developmental delay to a clinical geneticist for testing and counseling helps families and advances research.
Young people with autism have more psychiatric and medical conditions than do their typical peers or those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
More boys than girls have autism; diagnostic biases and genetic factors may explain the skewed sex ratio.
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