Developmental delays can affect a child’s physical, cognitive, communication, social, emotional, or behavioral skills. Often, delays affect more than one area of development. When a child has delays ...

The number of American children that have been diagnosed with developmental disabilities has increased, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported. The agency unveiled new findings ...

A recent study conducted in the lab of Dr. Hugo J. Bellen, distinguished service professor at Baylor College of Medicine and principal investigator at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research ...

Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a prevalent neurodevelopmental condition affecting approximately 5–6% of school‐aged children. The disorder is characterised by marked impairments in motor ...

The number of Americans diagnosed with autism jumped 175% between 2011 and 2022 thanks to a surge in new cases among young adults, new research finds. A developmental disorder, autism affects how ...

Thousands of children with severe developmental disorders have benefited from more targeted treatments and support with genetic insights from the large-scale Deciphering Developmental Disorders (DDD) ...

An international research team identified hundreds of genes essential for the development of brain cells, including one gene ...

Dyspraxia is one of many neurodevelopmental disorders that affect how your neurological (nerve) system and brain function. Most people call it just dyspraxia, but the official diagnosis is ...

The fact that left-handedness resp. mixed-handedness are strikingly common in patients with certain neurological disorders such as autism spectrum disorders is a frequently reported observation in ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, ...