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Kite Health Kite Health is transforming how we understand children’s mental health (and their family members) by decoding biological signals with scientific testing.

We help parents of children with autism and ADHD uncover hidden metabolic and gut-brain imbalances.

Autism isn't one thing. Neither is ADHD.Two recent studies show just how different kids with the same diagnosis can be.🧬...
09/28/2026

Autism isn't one thing. Neither is ADHD.

Two recent studies show just how different kids with the same diagnosis can be.

🧬 A 2025 study of 5,000+ autistic children found four subtypes, each with its own genetic pattern.
🧠 A 2026 brain scan study found three distinct ADHD brain profiles.

What does that mean for families? Two kids with the same diagnosis may need very different support.

These are still research findings, but they point toward care that fits the whole child, not just the label. That's the thinking Kite is built on. 🪁

"AuDHD" is everywhere online.AuDHD isn't a formal diagnosis. It's a community term for having both autism and ADHD. And ...
09/24/2026

"AuDHD" is everywhere online.

AuDHD isn't a formal diagnosis. It's a community term for having both autism and ADHD. And it's common: about 4 in 10 autistic people also meet criteria for ADHD at some point in life (Rong et al., 2021).

Here's what new research is showing. Neither autism nor ADHD is one single thing.

🧬 A 2025 study of 5,000+ autistic children found four subtypes, each with its own genetic profile (Litman et al., Nature Genetics).
🧠 A 2026 brain imaging study found three distinct ADHD brain profiles (Pan et al., JAMA Psychiatry).

What does that mean for families? Two kids with the same diagnosis can have different biology underneath, and may need very different support.

So maybe the better question isn't "Is it autism or ADHD?" It's "What's going on for my child, and what actually helps?"

That's the thinking Kite is built on. Link in bio to join the waitlist.

09/16/2026

Thank you to the organizers and, most importantly, to the families who drive every conference, every talk, and every practitioner's and scientist's work.

It's really places like these that are patient-centered that drive change in society.

Three studies came out this year on autism and children's urine and stool.One found gut-bacteria compounds were dramatic...
09/12/2026

Three studies came out this year on autism and children's urine and stool.

One found gut-bacteria compounds were dramatically higher. One found a completely different pattern. The one based on stool found nothing at all.

Sounds like a mess. It's actually the answer: autism biology looks different in different children.

-> Swipe through for the plain version.

Waitlist in bio.

What happens in the gut during the first year of life may be connected to how the brain develops.A recent study followed...
09/01/2026

What happens in the gut during the first year of life may be connected to how the brain develops.

A recent study followed babies from birth to age 3 and looked at three things together: epigenetic patterns present at birth, the developing gut microbiome, and later autism- and ADHD-related traits.

Researchers found that certain combinations of gut bacteria and epigenetic patterns were associated with neurodevelopmental differences later in childhood.

But this is the important part:
1. These findings show associations—not cause and effect.
2. They do not mean that specific bacteria cause or prevent autism or ADHD.
3. What they do show is how interconnected early development may be—across the gut microbiome, genetics, epigenetics, nutrition, immune function, and the environment.

At Kite Health, we believe this systems view matters. Because understanding a child’s biology is rarely about one marker. It’s about seeing how multiple systems may be working together.

09/01/2026

Autism research is changing—and there’s growing hope in where the field is heading.

At The Brain Foundation’s Synchrony event, researchers, clinicians, parents, and families came together to discuss a more personalized future for autism care.

One of the biggest takeaways: autism is not one single biological condition. Different children may arrive at similar symptoms through very different genetic and biological pathways. That helps explain why the same treatment may help one child but not another.

Today, most medications target related challenges such as irritability, agitation, or ADHD symptoms — not autism itself.

But researchers are now exploring more targeted approaches, including genetic medicines, eye-tracking biomarkers, earlier identification, and larger multi-center clinical studies.

The field is moving from asking, “What works for autism?” toward a more personalized question: “What may work for this child, and why?”

Follow for more research translated into parent-friendly insights.

Caring for a child with autism can place real demands on a parent’s body—not just emotionally, but physiologically too.R...
08/28/2026

Caring for a child with autism can place real demands on a parent’s body—not just emotionally, but physiologically too.

Research suggests that chronic caregiving stress can affect two of our major stress-regulation systems:
1. The HPA axis, which helps regulate cortisol and the body’s hormonal stress response.
2. The autonomic nervous system, which helps control heart rate, breathing, digestion, and the balance between “fight-or-flight” and “rest-and-digest.”

When these systems stay activated for too long, parents may feel exhausted, overwhelmed, tense, or constantly “on.” That’s why caring for your own nervous system matters.

And there’s another reason. Your breathing, tone of voice, facial expression, and body language can all support co-regulation. Sometimes helping your child feel safer starts with helping your own body feel safer first.

Parent wellbeing isn’t separate from the child’s wellbeing. It’s part of the whole family system.

Sometimes the fastest way to help a stressed child is to calm your own nervous system first.Slow breathing can help shif...
08/27/2026

Sometimes the fastest way to help a stressed child is to calm your own nervous system first.

Slow breathing can help shift the body away from fight-or-flight and support heart-rate variability and parasympathetic regulation.

Heart-centered techniques, like HeartMath’s Freeze-Frame®, build on that by adding focused attention, positive emotion, and a pause before reacting.

The goal isn’t to “get rid” of difficult emotions. It’s to create enough space for the body to settle so you can respond with more flexibility—and help your child co-regulate with you.

At Kite Health, we see nervous-system regulation as one important part of understanding the whole child.

New research draws a clearer line between sensory overload, anxiety, and ADHD. Here’s what it found.
08/22/2026

New research draws a clearer line between sensory overload, anxiety, and ADHD. Here’s what it found.

Kite was created by a team of parents, doctors, and scientists to help families better understand the biology behind the...
08/22/2026

Kite was created by a team of parents, doctors, and scientists to help families better understand the biology behind their child's symptoms—so they can have more informed conversations and make more personalized decisions.

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