New York to cut Medicaid reimbursements for autism therapy known as applied behavior analysis

Children with autism who receive therapy through state Medicaid or Child Health Plus could lose access to treatment, ...

The ‘reporter trick’ that can help autistic kids cope with sensory overload

With autism cases on the rise in the US, spiking 175% between 2011 and 2022, more are looking for solutions to common ...
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Voice Processing, Autism and Children’s Brains

Guest: Daniel Abrams Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Stanford Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Laboratory Department ...

Brain activity varies with age in children with autistic traits

Children with more autistic traits view and experience the world differently than their peers do, and those differences ...

Dad says autism ‘miracle drug’ drastically and immediately improved his son’s severe symptoms

Like most four-and-a-half-year-olds, Lev Bielski loves playing with his big sister, spelling his favorite pastime “pool” on ...
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Autism parents: Understanding parents of kids with autism

Please take a minute to read and absorb this piece from one of our own iFamilyKC team members. The Amazing Parents of Kids ...
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Landmark Umbrella Review Finds Consistent Gains for Autistic Children in Early ABA Programs

One of the most contested questions in developmental psychology has just received its most rigorous answer yet. A team of ...
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Infections caught in the womb tripled a child’s odds of autism across 3.7 million births

Children born with a congenital TORCH infection were about three times as likely to be diagnosed with autism as other Swedish ...
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When Autism Diagnoses Fade: Early Intervention and Milder Symptoms Mark Children Who Lose the Label

For decades, autism spectrum disorder was considered a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition, a diagnosis that once given ...

'Reporter Game' Might Help Autistic Kids Manage Sensory Overload

By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2026 (HealthDay News) — A “reporter game” might help autistic children manage anxiety from sensations such as the feel of scratchy fabric or ...
Healio

Experts dispute White House implications tying autism to vaccines

On August 10, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order that recommends immunizing children against 11 diseases, instead of the 18 diseases under current CDC guidelines. During the signing, ...
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Autistic Children More Likely to Experience Persistent Gastrointestinal Problems

Newswise — Children diagnosed with autism are far more likely to experience ongoing gastrointestinal (GI) problems than their typically developing peers. That’s the finding of a new UC Davis MIND ...