Pervasive developmental disorders, or autism spectrum disorders, include a category of conditions characterized by difficulties with language, cognition and social skills, according to the American Psychiatric Association. The disorders included...
Autism is a developmental disorder, the symptoms of which appear by age 3. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says that boys are diagnosed with autism three to four times more often than girls. Autism can affect the child's behavioral, social...
Patients with autism have developmental problems, which affect their social interactions and communication skills. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke explains that autism is the most severe type of autism spectrum...
In a July 2010 study published in the "Disability and Health Journal," researchers note that some states, such as Arizona, experienced a 26 percent increase in autism diagnoses from 2000 to 2004, while other states, such as Georgia and Maryland,...
Autism spectrum disorders belong to a group of developmental disabilities characterized by how individuals' brains process information in very different ways than other people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC....
A 2008 study by researchers in Germany, published in the journal "Epidemiology," found that in-patient admissions for autism rose by 30 percent between 2002 and 2005. In-patient autism programs offer treatment for patients with classical autism,...
