Autism spectrum disorders are developmental disorders that affect how children interact and communicate with others. They’re ...

Level 1 autism requires minimal support and includes challenges in communication and social skills. Level 2 autism needs more substantial support due to significant difficulties with social skills and ...

The terminology related to autism can be confusing. Hans Asperger, an Austrian psychiatrist and paediatrician, first identified a subset of children of average intelligence or above who otherwise ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age when symptoms first appear may help anticipate the specific traits, ...

Scientists have discovered there are four different and distinct types of autism in a step they have called a 'paradigm shift' for future treatment of the disorder. US experts who examined data from 5 ...

In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...

Treatment for Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) have evolved with the refined definition of ASD, identification of common co-morbidities, availability of ASD ...