A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased likelihood of being diagnosed as autistic, as well ...

Autism cases are surging in the New York-New Jersey metro area, mainly fueled by the diagnosis of autistic children who don't have intellectual disabilities, a new study reports. The percentage of ...

The estimated prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds in a New Jersey study more than tripled during a 6-year period, including a fivefold increase in children with autism who do not have a ...

There is no link between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and autism or ADHD risk for the offspring, a new gold-standard review ...

A new national study reveals that most Medicaid-enrolled children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or intellectual disability (ID) are not receiving recommended genetic testing despite clinical ...

Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are offering up a new estimate of the number of American children with intellectual disability. In a study looking at 8-year-olds in ...

What are intellectual and developmental disabilities? Intellectual disability is a disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and in adaptive behavior, which ...

Taking Tylenol during pregnancy does not increase the risk that a child will have autism, intellectual disability or ADHD, according to a new study that contradicts warnings from U.S. officials.

The latest review confirms that there is no link between maternal use of paracetamol and autism, ADHD or intellectual ...

Just months after US President Donald Trump warned women about taking paracetamol during pregnancy, a new study finds there ...

Taking paracetamol during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or ...