Scale tests mental flexibility in children with autism
A new assessment offers a broad measure of ‘flexible thinking’ in children and teenagers with autism.
A new assessment offers a broad measure of ‘flexible thinking’ in children and teenagers with autism.
Coaching parents to provide early social stimulation may improve outcomes for children with autism.
Community mental health clinics, which serve millions of Americans, can help identify adults with undiagnosed autism — and change their lives for the better.
Studying the heterogeneity of autism features over time can help us understand why some children do better or worse than expected.
Girls with autism may not get a diagnosis because certain features of the condition look different in them than they do in boys.
Asking parents autism screening questions orally instead of in writing may capture more young Latino children who have the condition.
An innovative approach allows families with autism in India or Pakistan to practice communication strategies at home.
Parents in the United States tend to rate their children’s autism features as more severe than do parents in four other countries.
Most children with autism go undiagnosed until after age 3, and many of these children remain undiagnosed until after they reach school age.
A camera embedded in a pair of eyeglasses can reliably gauge a child’s tendency to look another person in the eye.