by Cambridge University Press Credit: CC0 Public Domain A Ukrainian researcher has developed a new digital tool for detecting autism and developmental delay in children. Her research has been published in Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health. The tool incorporates the basic principles of the Kids’ Development Diagnosis and Determining the Risk of Autism (KiDD) methodology, for children aged 1.5...
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Autism diagnosis impacted by men and women’s different emotional needs
by Andy Dunne, University of Bath Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study published by a team of psychologists suggests that the diagnosis of autism could be improved by considering the differences between how women and men experience and act upon their emotions. The research from academics based at the universities of Bath, Cardiff finds...
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There’s no autism epidemic. But there is an autism diagnosis epidemic
By Rachel Burr Gerrard Feb. 10, 2022 ADOBE Is there an autism epidemic? No. The increase in the autism rate recently reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention represent an autism diagnosis epidemic. Writing in the weekly journal MMWR, CDC researchers reported that autism rates in the United States increased from 1 in 150 children in...