Departure from routine can be especially hard for children with developmental disorders, and the changes to daily life wrought by the pandemic pose an extra challenge for them and for their families.

Advocates for Children of New York estimated that roughly 3,000 to 6,000 kids "fell off the radar" after city agencies and schools closed their doors as the COVID-19 crisis swept through the city.

Microscope image of a brain organoid derived from human stem cells that contain a mutation associated with autism spectrum disorder. These organoids are providing new insight into neurodevelopmental ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fewer kids in Colorado are getting services to address potential developmental problems early, raising the possibility they’ll need more intensive help down ...

Everyone likes to point fingers at big pharma. They’ll point to how much money it takes to develop a single drug (up to $2.8 billion on average)—or point to how a drug caused severe, long-term side ...

Children with early or persistent developmental problems in cognitive ability and socioemotional behaviour had four times higher odds of not passing their exams as adolescents than those without such ...

Not all babies born prematurely will suffer long-term developmental problems, a new study finds. Preemies tend to fall into three risk categories, with about one in five (20%) scoring above average on ...

Nearly 30 years ago, researchers began studying the gene Astn1, which encodes the cell adhesion protein astrotactin 1 in mice, and its role in brain development. During this time, they learned a great ...