An autism expert sparks fierce debate over whether the spectrum has grown too broad, leading to misdiagnosis in children and ...

There is no one single cause of autism; rather, it is likely to be a result of a combination of genetic and environmental ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wider variety of symptoms are included in the diagnostic definition of autism spectrum disorder today than when autism was first ...

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