FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- How children respond to movement could provide an early means of detecting autism, a new study says. Children with autism are known to prefer watching ...

Eye-tracking-based measurement of social visual engagement -- how kids look at and learn from their social environment -- was predictive of autism diagnosis by clinical experts in young children, ...

Researchers have determined that people with autism concentrate more brain resources in the areas associated with visual detection and identification, and conversely, have less activity in the areas ...

The iPad app Autismate improves communication, behavior, learning, and social skills for people with autism. The app reinforces everyday activities for people with autism, with organized lists, maps, ...

Researchers believe that the process in our brain that allows us to see visual distinctions happen differently in the brains of children with an autism spectrum disorder. A study published in the ...

Parents and teachers working “in the trenches” with individuals on the autism spectrum know that the expressive and receptive communication challenges these kids typically have can impair learning.

Poor visual working memory can play an important role in the difficulties experienced by a child with autism, according to our recent research. The aim of this study was to compare the working memory ...