News tagged with younger siblings


Atypical brain circuits may cause slower gaze shifting in infants who later develop autism

Infants at 7 months of age who go on to develop autism are slower to reorient their gaze and attention from one object to another when compared to 7-month-olds who do not develop autism, and this behavioral ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows delays in siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders

A new University of Miami (UM) study shows that one in three children who have an older sibling with an Autism Related Disorder (ASD) fall into a group characterized by higher levels of autism-related behaviors or lower levels ...

Autism spectrum disorders created May 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discovering Autism: Services go to those who fight hardest

From the day her son was diagnosed with autism nine years ago, Stacie Funk has made it her full-time job to find him the best possible help. Hiring lawyers and experts to press her case, she established herself as a mother ...

Autism spectrum disorders created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Risk of autism among younger siblings of a child with autism much greater than previously reported

Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, joined in announcing significant findings from the largest known study of younger siblings of children who had a verified diagnosis of autism spectrum ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0