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

Understanding Early Social Development Eye contact is one of the earliest ways babies connect with their caregivers. From infancy, most babies naturally seek out faces, making ...

A new study find that infants with high sensory sensitivity have shallower deep sleep, offering clues into early neurodivergent development.

Play takes all sorts of forms, changing from family to family. But one thing stays the same: its importance in your little one’s development. Autistic children often have a specific way of playing and ...

Autism is a developmental disorder that begins early in life and impacts communication, social interaction, and may come with certain patterns of behavior. According to the CDC, autism spectrum ...

A study of 2.1 million births found no link between prenatal acetaminophen exposure and ADHD or autism when researchers compared sibling outcomes.

Historically, psychoanalysis has a fraught history in its handling of autism. Despite emerging evidence of neurological differences, the myth that bad parenting was the cause of autism was widely ...

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

Discovering that your child has autism can change your life tremendously. Notwithstanding your deep love for your child, parents can experience feelings of grief, anger, fear, and stress. Parents may ...

A chronological map of the fetal brain reveals when key cells emerge and provides clues about autism and cancer.