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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. CDC is committed to continuing to provide essential data on ASD, search for factors that put children at risk for ASD and possible causes, and develop resources that help identify children with ASD as early as possible.

What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?

Facts, signs, causes, and what to do if you’re concerned.

Screening & Diagnosis

Information for families and health professionals.

Treatments

Types of treatment services and early intervention.

Materials & Multimedia

Fact sheets, videos, and community reports.

Research & Tracking

What we’ve learned.

Data & Statistics

Data and statistics highlights.

Articles

Scientific articles and key findings.

About Us

Overview of CDC’s work.

Developmental Milestones

Children reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, behave, and move. CDC has checklists to help parents and others track a child’s development.

Community Report

The Community Report is an important resource—it highlights the ADDM Network’s data in a way that is useful for stakeholders living in communities across the United States.

Study to Explore Early Development

SEED is currently the largest study in the United States to help identify factors that may put children at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities.

Autism Case Training (ACT)

Learn about identifying, diagnosing and managing autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Obtain CE by taking the online training or use the classroom based curriculum to educate future healthcare providers.

Page last reviewed: April 5, 2019

Content source: Division of Birth Defects, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention