A 2024 study of autism screening included an important finding: Pediatric clinicians who use a standardized screening tool are more likely to flag toddlers as potentially autistic. However, the ...

A pilot study shows that a urine-based metabolite panel accurately distinguishes children with autism from typically ...

A new autism diagnostic tool could enable earlier detection — and it’s as simple as going to the bathroom. The breakthrough ...

New research from Drexel University's A.J. Drexel Autism Institute found that the use of standardized autism screening during pediatric well-child visits identifies more children with high autism ...

With one in 44 children in the United States having autism, early detection and intervention are integral to improving outcomes. Because autism is diagnosed based on behavior, and there are not yet ...

In the study, 31 pediatric practices across three sites were randomly assigned to an experimental condition involving training and supervision in the universal, standardized, high-fidelity use of ...

A new study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers and others finds that an autism screening tool used widely in the U.S. and around the world is effective but has limitations. The findings highlight ...

Diagnosing autism is expensive and time consuming, so a screening tool is used to filter out those people who are unlikely to be diagnosed as autistic. This is all well and good, but our latest ...

A simple urine test may be able to detect autism sooner than traditional screening with 90 percent accuracy, a study from ...

In one of the largest autism studies, some questions regarding diagnostic accuracy have been raised. The first study of its kind by the researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ...

When screening for autism spectrum disorder, a new study suggests that children can be reliably diagnosed with autism at an age earlier than what is currently recommended. Current recommendations are ...