Patients with autism frequently have difficulties relating to other people and researchers at the University of Washington’s (UW’s) Autism Center think the troubling sociability issues may be a direct result of faulty wiring in the brain.  The findings from a…

Researchers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (UNC), have just released their findings on the association between a parent’s history of mental disorders when the parent also has an autistic child.  It seems parents of autistic children are…

Autistic children may reap substantial benefits from sensory integration therapy according to a new study released by Temple University. The study found that children who participated in the therapy exhibited fewer autistic mannerisms.

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center are one step closer to understanding the cause of Autism. Approximately 1 in every 150 children is diagnosed with Autism in the United States. Autism is a disorder that presents itself through various behavioral…

Researchers at Northwestern University have combined technology and behavioral sciences to create a program they hope will help autistic children develop the social skills that seem instinctive to children without the disorder. They’re using “virtual peers” to do so.

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Officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have agreed that vaccines administered to a 9-year old girl contributed to her condition. Hannah Poling of Athens, GA, and her family may be receiving compensation from the federal vaccine…

According to the latest study published in Archives of Disease in Childhood, Mumps, Measles, Rubella (MMR) vaccine is not responsible to the development of autism. In the study funded by the Department of Health, researchers from the Health Protection Agency,…