Community Shares | July 1st 2024
This week’s articles: A new study has investigated factors influencing the age at which mothers first became concerned about their child’s development and the subsequent time it took to start services for children with autism; A systematic review has recently evaluated the association between cannabis use during pregnancy and the risk of long-term neuropsychiatric issues in offspring; The American Institutes for Research’s Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) has just released an analysis revealing that approximately 8,500 fewer K-5 students in Washington state were identified for special education services during the pandemic, representing a 20-23% drop from typical rates; Documenting Hope is presenting a unique dual-conference event at the upscale Omni ChampionsGate in Orlando, Florida, from November 15-17, 2024.
Signs of Autism Can Be Identified Earlier Than Previously Expected
Timely Diagnosis Leads to Earlier Treatment Leading to Better Developmental Outcomes According to two recent studies, signs of autism can be identified earlier than researchers previously thought. These new pieces of research even indicate that children under one year of age may display signs of the disorder. Both of these new studies were led by […]
Target: Treating Pre-symptomatic ASD in the First and Second Years of Life
The current average age for autism diagnosis in the United States is four years and four months, which is an improvement from twenty years ago when the average age of diagnosis was closer to 5 years.
