Signs of autism can be picked up as early as the first month of life, according to a new study from Duke University that used children's health records to create an algorithm. Infants later diagnosed ...

Autism spectrum disorder rates continue to rise. The most recent data from the CDC, the most comprehensive surveillance of diagnostic rates in the U.S. to date, reveals that 1 in 36 eight-year-olds ...

The new tests for autism are not yet reliable enough to be offered commercially. None of the tests has gone through large ...

When my son was an infant, I was fascinated by his every expression. He would drift into heavy trance states, seemingly deep in thought and not quite accessible. He didn’t like to be put down, but ...

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.

Eye contact during early infancy may be a key to early identification of autism, according to a study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of ...

A six-year-old autistic boy was rescued by officers after falling into a pond in Deltona, Florida, late on Christmas, ...