As the nation observes Autism Acceptance Month, the life sciences company MARAbio Systems (MARAbio) has launched the first blood test to identify specific maternal autoantibodies that are causal for a ...

MARAbio Systems has commercially introduced a new blood test for identifying maternal autoantibody-related autism. The MAR-Autism Test is designed to detect specific autoantibodies responsible for an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Entrepreneur Natasha Nelson always knew she was different. The 35-year old from Stone Mountain, Georgia, struggled with ...

Some 10-15 percent of children with Down syndrome also have autism, but diagnosis is often difficult. Now new findings from a 16-year study published in the Journal of Intellectual Disability Research ...

The term was coined in the 1980s by psychiatrist Dr Lorna Wing, whose work transformed how autism was understood in the UK. At the time, her “autism spectrum” concept was groundbreaking. Instead of ...

A simple "pull-to-sit" test on infants at six months old may help doctors predict autism and other delays, a new study has found. The study by Kennedy Krieger Institute researchers looked at infants ...

I was diagnosed with autism as an adult. These traits might mean you are autistic - More adults than ever are seeking truths ...

Evidence suggests the NDIS led to Australia having some of the highest rates of diagnosed autism in the world.

How you, and potentially your child, grasp objects could reveal if either of you have autism, a study suggests. Scientists based the test on subtle differences they found in the way autistic people ...