Parents often pressure Lawrence Diller, a behavioral/developmental pediatrician, to diagnose their children with autism. He thinks he knows why.

FORT MYERS, FL, UNITED STATES, March 5, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Autism rates have reached historic highs, leaving ...

The families of hundreds of children with autism spectrum disorder fear they’ll lose access to therapies they rely on, and ...

Why Early Detection Matters Every child develops at their own pace, but when certain social, communication, or behavioral ...

According to a March 2023 press release from the CDC, about 1 in 36 (2.8%) children have been identified with ASD based on data gathered from 11 communities around the United States. This is a 22% ...

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The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (BBRF) invites the public to a free webinar, “Helping Children With Autism Tune Into Voices” on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 2:00 pm ET. Children learn about ...

A newly discovered biological chain reaction explains how high levels of a common brain chemical can lead to cellular ...

The Wisconsin Early Autism Project has opened a new Stevens Point Learning Center.

When Tiffany Hammond was growing up in Texas, in the nineteen-nineties, other children teased her for how she spoke: she talked too softly, she talked in a monotone, she paused too long between words, ...

Every year, thousands of children miss critical windows for early autism intervention—simply because diagnostic tools rely too much on subjective observation. Once that window closes, the ...