Getting a timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is a major challenge, but new research shows that how young adults, and potentially children, grasp objects could offer a simpler way to diagnose ...

Researchers used computer vision software to analyze video recordings of toddlers playing with bubbles to study the ...

The work is published in the journal Autism Research. The team, part of an international collaboration, used machine learning to analyze naturalistic hand movements—specifically, finger motions during ...

Autistic and non-autistic young adult participants were asked to use their thumbs and index fingers, which had tracking markers attached, to grasp different blocks of varying size, lift each one and ...