A STUDY claims to have identified three maternal jobs that could raise the risk of a child’s autism. Published today in the ...

An observational study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine looks at associations between maternal occupation and autism diagnoses in children. Prof Rosa Hoekstra, Professor of ...

Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Instagram post from March praised a Kansas City restaurant’s reaction to a mom and her young son. It has thousands of likes and hundreds of shares. The caption reads in part, ...

For the first few months of the COVID19 pandemic, Spenser Murray was afraid to leave his house. "I was literally scared to leave the house, like even just ordering groceries was like freaking me out," ...

Portrait of an adorable little boy wearing a suit and standing near a chalkboard with a colorful brain sketch. Concept of child's development A new study from The Society for Research in Child ...

Given the challenges kids and teens with autism often face regarding sensory sensitivities and changes in routine, the exposure activities for a plan of action targeting these fears may need to be ...