This study was a prospective evaluation of the developmental abilities of siblings of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). The authors note that relatives of children with ASDs are at a ...

New study reveals that sibling relationships in families with a child diagnosed with autism share significant similarities with those in families with typical children from the children's perspectives ...

CHICAGO - A new study suggests nearly one in five children with an autistic older sibling also will develop the disorder - a rate much higher than previously thought. Researchers followed 664 infants ...

CHICAGO -- A new study suggests nearly one in five children with an autistic older sibling will develop the disorder too -- a rate much higher than previously thought. Researchers followed 664 infants ...

It’s not easy being the brother or sister of an autistic child. “Typical” siblings sometimes feel embarrassed by or responsible for their autistic sib, or may feel jealous of all the attention he gets ...

How can I get my neurotypical adult sons to interact more with their profoundly autistic older brother? I put this agonizing question out to my extensive autism community network and got very few ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study suggests that kids who are born only a year or two after an older sibling might be more likely to be diagnosed with autism than those with a bigger age gap. Of ...

It is a virtual epidemic. One in 88 American children is diagnosed with autism-spectrum disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Earlier this week, Representative Darrell ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Siblings of kids with autism have a higher risk of being diagnosed with the disorder than previously believed, suggests a new study. The analysis of more than 600 ...