The National Institutes of Health has developed a research plan to advance understanding of Down syndrome and speed development of new treatments for the condition, the most frequent genetic cause of mild to moderate mental retardation and...

About half of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) can be diagnosed soon after their first birthday; others with the disorder may appear to develop normally until that age and then falter or regress during their second year,...

On April 15, 2006, Dr. George Giuliani, co-Executive Director of NASET, spoke to "Learning Matters" regarding an upcoming documentary on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Learning Matters is...

Shedding more light on what's behind the developmental disorder, new research suggests that people with autism are more likely to be missing genes than those who are typically developing. In a genome analysis of more than 800 people,...

While teacher mentoring has become nearly ubiquitous as an education reform, new research suggests state and district mentoring policies may leave gaps in support for special education teachers. Mentoring, in which a new or struggling teacher...

Mental Illness Exacts Heavy Toll, Beginning in Youth June 6, 2005: Researchers supported by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have found that half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14, and that despite effective...

Seventy-two percent of people with autism also meet the diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (Reuben, K.E., Stanzione, C.M, and Singleton, J. L., 2021) There are a number of reasons for this. In general, neurotypicals tend to...

Resources created by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities -widely known by the acronym NICHCY, a holdover from the name it had over 30 years ago-will remain available online, though the center closed down after its...

Epileptic activity in the brain can affect language development in children, and EEG registrations should therefore be carried out more frequently on children with severe language impairment to identify more readily those who may need medical...

Getting regular daily exercise of moderate to vigorous intensity may also boost students' academic performance, according to a new U.K. study. The more intense the exercise, the greater the impact on English, math and science test results, the...