Key TakeawaysA new visual test might help doctors diagnose autism in younger childrenChildren with autism prefer watching ...

If your child’s healthcare provider does not periodically check your child with a developmental screening test, you can ask that it be done. Diagnosing children with ASD as early as possible is ...

A community-based screening model using the Rapid Interactive Screening Test for Autism in Toddlers (RITA-T) improves early autism diagnosis, especially in underserved communities.

Researchers have developed a new test that could detect children with autism years earlier than is currently possible using an eye scanning device. At the moment, diagnosing autism spectrum ...

"With autism, there's no blood test. There's not an objective marker. Ultimately it comes down to a human judgment call based on screening criteria," she says. "So we really depend on physicians ...

April is being observed as autism awareness month. “Early screening and intervention are crucial for a child’s development and quality of life. The first 1,000 days, from conception to the ...

In India, integrating autism screening into public health initiatives and training more specialists could significantly improve early diagnosis rates (Rao & Kalyan, 2021). Community awareness ...