Better demographic data about young children with disabilities who seek and receive federally funded early intervention services, such as physical therapy, could help policymakers address barriers to ...

Children with hearing loss who are diagnosed by 3 months of age and receive interventions by 6 months develop a far greater vocabulary than those whose diagnosis and treatment come later, according to ...

The goal of the Early Detection and Intervention (EDI) program is to advance a comprehensive research agenda aimed at promoting optimal outcomes for children with ASD through early detection and ...

Early diagnosis and intervention are critical in improving quality of life in autism spectrum disorder, though there are barriers to accessing resources.

Treatment at the earliest age when symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear – sometimes in infants as young as 6 months old – significantly reduces symptoms so that, by age 3, most who ...

The Early Start Denver Model, a comprehensive behavioral early intervention program that is appropriate for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as young as 12 months, has been found to reduce ...

The lives of children on the other side of the world are being changed for the better thanks to a team from Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Researchers examined whether a parent-implemented language intervention improved problem behaviors 1 year after intervention. Ninety-seven children with language delays (mean age at 12-month followup ...

Waiting until toddlerhood to “treat” the symptoms of autism may be too long, a new study from UC Davis suggests. Infants as young as six months old who showed early signs of autism spectrum disorder ...

NEW YORK — In New York, 70,000 babies and toddlers rely on therapy to be able to walk and talk, but nearly a dozen families and therapists tell CBS News New York services to help these children have ...