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Can Drinking During Pregnancy Cause Autism?

Pregnant mothers are advised to avoid doing or consuming certain things while they are pregnant, as doing so can put them at higher risk of harming their unborn fetus. Some examples include smoking or drinking alcohol, eating raw meat such as…
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Results of Autism Misdiagnosis

Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been on the rise over the last 25 years. Today, it’s estimated that one in 36 children in the U.S. have autism, for a prevalence rate of 2.78%. There are many theories why the autism prevalence…
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What Are the Three Main Symptoms of Autism?

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder that can affect each person quite differently. That’s why, in fact, it’s referred to today as ASD — because there is such a wide spectrum of how people are affected…
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Can You Grow Out of Autism?

Hearing that your child has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be very emotional. You might feel sadness, anger, worry and much more. Many parents who have a child with autism don’t quite know exactly what it will mean…
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Speech Delay vs Autism

All children are unique. They develop in unique ways, sitting up, crawling, taking their first steps and speaking their first words at different times. While this is certainly true, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes…
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Is Autism a Cognitive Disability?

Despite a surge of research, studies and resulting information that’ve come about in the last 15 years or so, there’s still a lot of debate about different aspects of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We now know that autism can affect children…