In a nutshell Limited eye contact during play is typical for all young children—autistic, typically developing, or with developmental delays—and shouldn’t be assumed to signal autism.

Maintaining eye contact can sometimes be difficult for autistic folks. Practice and therapy can help, but they’re not the only way to build relationships. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a ...

Surprisingly, the researchers discovered that every single time the autistic participants made eye contact with the other participants, there was reduced activity in their respective brain region ...

In children with autism, it seems to go overboard, and this can be measured with a simple eye-tracking device. The discovery could help to advance research on autism, which affects 1 out of every ...

Study: Machine learning-based early diagnosis of autism according to eye movements of real and artificial faces scanning.Image Credit: Veja/Shutterstock.com. Background. Early detection and ...

Both autistic and typically developing children spent 60%—80% of their playtime focused on toys and only 6%—14% looking at adults’ faces, suggesting that eye contact avoidance may not be ...

A new device may identify autism in children from ages 16 months to 30 months, new research finds. The tool tracks children's eye movements as they watch a video.

April is Autism Acceptance Month. According to the CDC, one in 36 children in the United States have autism. Despite its prevalence, many families still have to wait months before they can get thei… ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - A new piece of AI technology can now detect and diagnose childhood autism just by scanning photos of a child's eye. A study found that the system, which is comprised of a deep ...

But two studies released Tuesday suggest that a recently developed eye-tracking tool could help clinicians diagnose children as young as 16 months with autism – and with more certainty.