For children with ASD, sensory issues, aversion to physical contact, or a change in routine can lead to behaviors that make for a challenging office visit. Providers can do small things to make patient visits more positive and productive.

Learn how CHOP has put formal ASD screening tools recommended by the AAP into practice, and how we’re seeking to improve universal ASD screening accuracy and convenience.

The bulk of healthcare services required by patients with ASD are related to co-occurring physical and mental health conditions.

CHOP researchers reveal how mutations in a protein network drive several high-risk leukemias, offering prospects for new therapies.

Using the case of a 3-year-old diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at her well-child visit, we explore the prevalence of ASD, diagnostic criteria, and importance of early diagnosis and intervention.

For many young people, suicide seems like the only solution to their problems. In an NBC 10 documentary, CHOP Psychiatrist-in-Chief Tami Benton shares what healthcare providers are doing to address this, and what you can do as a parent.

Pediatricians should prepare their adolescent patients with special needs for transition to adult care as early as possible to ensure a successful transition by age 18 to 25.

CHOP researchers find crash risk for teens and young adults with ADHD is much lower than previously reported and can be managed.

Recent research highlights what behavioral and pharmacological interventions have been studied and shown effective in treating autism spectrum disorder.

New research shows that differences in a baby’s brain activity patterns at 6 months of age may predict which children will go on to have autism at age 2.