The statistics on the prevalence of autism sometimes seem like a timer ticking down to zero. When I got into the field of disabilities 13 years ago, the suggested prevalence was 1 in 150 children.

COLUMBIA - The CDC has changed its guidelines for childhood development for the first time in 20 years. Local experts say getting a child properly screened will help parents determine if their kids ...

Purpose. The practitioner must assert what the intended purpose of the questionnaire will be. The purposes might include screening, quantifying, or diagnosing developmental delay, all of which will ...

Taking a first step, waving "bye-bye", and pointing to something interesting are all developmental milestones, or things most children can do by a certain age. Children reach many milestones in how ...

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Dani Dumitriu about her latest research that investigated the development screening test scores for babies born during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am Dani Dumitriu, MD, ...

Brandy Patania plays with her daughter Kahmirah Futrell, age 1, at home on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 in Elk Grove. When Patania became concerned that Kahmirah wasn’t developing as fast as her older ...

Among toddlers, spending a lot of time staring at screens is linked with poorer performance on developmental screening tests later in childhood, according to a new study. The study, published in the ...

ORLANDO, Florida — A computer-aided screening system for infants flags developmental delays significantly sooner than if screening is based on conversations between pediatricians and parents, ...

The CDC recently revised its developmental milestone checklists for infants and young children for the first time in nearly 20 years. The revision included adjusting the milestone benchmarks to ...