Autism Doctors Move Step Closer to Overhauling Diagnosis Rules

The American Psychiatric Association is moving a step closer to overhauling the criteria for diagnosing autism after two just-completed field studies found the new definition won’t exclude patients who need treatment.

Autism Discoverable In Six-Month Old Children

A new study has shown that babies who develop autism show different brain responses within the first year of their life. The study may lead to tests that help doctors diagnose autism earlier in life. Autism is a spectrum of disorders where patients have trouble communicating. The disorders range from mental retardation where patients have little ability to communicate to Aspberger’s Syndrome ...

Redefining autism: The new spectrum

If a new diagnostic definition takes effect in 2013, fewer people may be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, according to researchers at Yale University.

Standards for diagnosing autism could shift, local therapy center supports change

The American Psychiatric Association is reviewing a new definition of autism. It would lay out a series of specific behaviors a child must have to end up with a diagnosis.

American Psychiatric Association aims to redefine autism

The American Psychiatric Association is looking to redefine autism, which may have a large effect on those currently suffering from the disorder.