AUTISM

Occupational therapy for kids who are over- or under-sensitive to sound, touch or other senses could help improve their symptoms -- but parents and doctors should be careful not to miss an underlying disorder in those children, pediatricians said today.

Many psychiatrists believe a new edition of a manual designed to help diagnose mental illness should be shelved for at least a year for further revisions, despite some modifications which eliminated two controversial diagnoses.

Nearly 650,000 people have viewed 6-year-old Ethan Walmark's rendition of Piano Man on YouTube and 763 users have commented on the video. But the comment that brought the most joy to Ethan, who has an autism spectrum disorder, and his family was not one listed on the video sharing site.

A 13-year-old autistic Bronx boy who went missing three days ago was found and returned to his family. His odyssey highlighted the challenges highlighted during National Autism Awareness Month.

Researchers figured out how the brain can focus on one speaker in a crowded room, a finding that could lead not only to better hearing aids and cochlear implants, but to better smartphones as well.

Scientists have found a compound that can reverse the major symptoms of Fragile X syndrome -- the most commonly inherited form of mental disability in boys and a known cause of autism -- in adult mice.

A new study of mothers and children in California finds that kids born to obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with autism or related developmental delays than the children of slimmer moms.

Autism may be caused by mutations in genes inherited from fathers, according to three new studies.

Ten percent of autistic children bloom and grow out of their symptoms, and according to a new study, your income may be a factor.

Today marks World Autism Awareness Day 2012, giving the disorder that affects one in 88 children greater visibility.

The number of autism cases in the United States has reached one in every 88 children, reports the CDC. These five facts about autism may help shed some light on the new research.

Paul Allen, who helped co-found Microsoft alongside Bill Gates in 1975, has donated $300 million to The Allen Institute for Brain Science, based in Seattle. Allen helped establish The Allen Institute with his sister in 2003, pledging $100 million at the time and another $100 million since then.

Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen has donated an additional $300 million to a foundation aimed at expanding research into how the brain works and how best to treat brain-related disorders.

Scientists have discovered how electroconvulsive or electric shock therapy - a controversial but effective treatment - acts on the brains of severely depressed people and say the finding could help improve diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.

Americans travelling to the Olympics could be exposed to measles and should be vaccinated before they go, the CDC warned.

A bone marrow transplant reversed Rett syndrome, an autism-like disorder, in mice, according to a new study.

The application employs Discrete Trial Teaching, a method of breaking skills into the smallest possible steps, and imitates an actual one-one-one instructional session with a therapist. It teaches the kid each step intensively until it is mastered.

At Apple's iPad unveiling in San Francisco, the company announced that its next-gen iPad, called simply the new iPad, will feature voice dictation technology, but will leave out its AI personal assistant Siri, which is still exclusive to the iPhone 4S.

Children who will develop autism show differences in their brain's development as early as 6 months of age, a new study found.

Carnosine has become the latest craze in supplements - long used by bodybuilders seeking to increase strength and size, the nutraceutical also is used by people looking to stave off dementia and visible signs of aging.

It seems that VH1 is destined to break the record for most celeb reality shows crammed into one network! It was announced today that sexpot/funny woman Jenny McCarthy will star in a new series called 'The Jenny McCarthy Show'.