Autism spectrum disorders

How autism is diagnosed

According to the advocacy group Autism Speaks, one in every 36 U.S. children has an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

People with intellectual disabilities are being hit hard by COVID-19

(HealthDay)—New research is shining a light on a group particularly vulnerable to the new coronavirus: People with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD), cared for either by family at home or in group homes.

Autism spectrum disorders

Ga. autism project looks to early detection

A partnership between an autism research center and the state of Georgia is working to boost early detection and diagnosis of the disorder.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How to be a good host (for Zika virus)

Three years after the Zika virus swept through tropical and subtropical South America, the Caribbean, Florida, and Texas, much remains unknown about what the virus needs to infect and damage its host cells in the brain. Now ...

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