Increased prevalence of GI symptoms among children with autism, study confirms
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 11:35
in Psychology & Sociology
Children with autism spectrum disorder are more than four times more likely to experience general gastrointestinal (GI) complaints compared with peers, are more than three times as prone to experience constipation and diarrhea than peers, and complain twice as much about abdominal pain compared to peers.