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When a child receives musical instruction, their brains are asked to complete certain tasks. (Photo: Pixabay)

Music training may help treat autism in kids

Experiencing music at an early age can contribute to better brain development.

22 Nov 2016 4:00 PM IST

For years, families of children with autism have asked them to address the issue (Photo: AFP)

In a first, 'Sesame Street' to feature autistic muppet

One in 68 American children is currently diagnosed with autism, according to the Centers for Disease Control and...

21 March 2017 10:44 AM IST

Children with autism look less at the eyes because they appear to miss the social significance of eye contact. (Photo: Pixabay)

Why autistic kids avoid eye contact explained

One explanation holds that children with autism avoid eye contact because they find it stressful and negative.

19 Nov 2016 5:58 PM IST

This is the first physiological diagnostic and its highly accurate and specific (Photo: AFP)

New blood test can indicate autism years in advance

Big data techniques applied to biomedical data found different patterns in metabolites relevant to two connected...

17 March 2017 12:33 PM IST

Use of oxytocin treatment before behavioral therapy could help reinforce the reward system in the brain (Photo: AFP)

Ways to Boost behavioural therapy for autism

Functional MRIs (fMRI) could predict which children will benefit from Pivotal Response Treatment .

17 Nov 2016 11:55 AM IST

In the study, the app had an accuracy rating of 93.96 per cent.

Smartphone app that detects autism in children

One benefit of the technology is that parents could use it at home to determine if there is a need for clinical...

14 Nov 2016 3:22 PM IST

Maternal infections during pregnancy are a known risk factor for abnormal fetal development. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how infections during pregnancy may affect your baby

Maternal immune activation carries a small increased risk for later atypical neurodevelopment.

22 March 2017 2:37 PM IST

Drowning was the leading cause of death among children with autism. (Photo: Pixabay)

Deaths up sharply among people with autism: study

Suffocation and asphyxiation among others are the most common causes of death

22 March 2017 8:43 AM IST

The drug also helped him be more social and willing to play a game of hide-and-seek with his 16-year-old brother. (Photo: Pixabay - picture for representation purpose only)

Autistic teen speaks first full sentence after century-old drug use

The drug suramin was earlier used to cure sleeping sickness

27 May 2017 3:45 PM IST

Autism is a complex disorder of brain development characterised, to varying degrees, by troubled social interactions, difficulty in communicating and repetitive actions or speech (Photo: Pixabay)

Antidepressants during pregnancy may be linked to autism in kids

However, experts unsure whether higher risk of autism is due to medication, or due to mood disorder for which medication...

20 July 2017 7:32 AM IST

The findings build upon a growing field of research that show that eye movement could serve as a window into a part of the brain that plays a role in a number of neurological and development disorders, such as Autism (Photo: Pixabay)

Can eye test help detect autism?

Researchers develop test which indicate deficits in an area of the brain that plays an important role in emotional and...

27 July 2017 1:08 PM IST

The shocking incident took place in 2014 for at least three weeks.

Australia: Sexually abused 8-yr-old tries to kill self after school's...

To add to the mother's woes, the boy also suffers from high-functioning autism.

14 March 2017 4:20 PM IST