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Autism Fast Facts Here is a look at autism. ASD can be found among all races, ethnicities and socioeconomic groups. Diagnosis There is no definitive medical test to diagnose autism. Instead, the disorder is diagnosed by observing a child’s development. According to the CDC, signs of autism may include deficits in social communication and interaction in a variety of contexts, difficulty engaging in back-and-forth conversation and an absence of interest in forming friendships with peers. Vaccines and Autism The debate over whether autism spectrum disorders are caused by vaccines started in 19...

Autism Fast Facts Here is a look at autism. ASD can be found among all races, ethnicities and socioeconomic groups. Diagnosis There is no definitive medical test to diagnose autism. Instead, the disorder is diagnosed by observing a child’s development. According to the CDC, signs of autism may include deficits in social communication and interaction in a variety of contexts, difficulty engaging in back-and-forth conversation and an absence of interest in forming friendships with peers. Vaccines and Autism The debate over whether autism spectrum disorders are caused by vaccines started in 19...

Families who live with autism rebuild frayed ties as pandemic eases COVID-19 disrupted the patterns of life and family visits that are critical for the well-being of Mainers with autism. Share At the Portland Museum of Art this month, Celeste Henriquez shows her daughter, Abigail Henriquez Peck, the paintings she made that were inspired by her. Abigail recently moved back to Maine but she lived in New Hampshire during most of the pandemic, and her mother could only visit infrequently and for an hour at a time. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer Celeste June Henriquez, a Portland artist, gui...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Tennessee inmate asks court to declare he can't be executed A Tennessee death row inmate's attorneys are asking a court to declare that he cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press May 12, 2021, 6:23 PM • 3 min read The Associated Press FILE - This file photo provided by Tennessee Department of Correction shows Tennessee death row inmate Pervis Payne. Payne is asking a Memphis court to declare that he cannot be executed because he is intellectually disabled. Th...

Study examines service use among transition-age youth with autism During the next 10 years, an estimated half-million individuals in the U.S. with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are expected to transition from adolescence to adulthood, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That means thousands of these young adults will likely fall into a widening and potentially devastating gap in a variety of services--because they're too old for high school, but may not qualify for Medicaid-funded services, social work researchers at Case Western Reserve University predict in a new s...