New research suggests that the way brain networks reorganize moment-to-moment predicts autism severity. Children who spent ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that involves impairments to social and communication abilities, restricted interests or repetitive behaviors, and challenges with sensory ...

Severe autism symptoms can be reversed and reduced to an indistinguishable level, scientists have claimed. Two non-identical twin girls in the US were found to have a level of autism at 20 months old ...

Parents are scrambling to secure a cheap generic cancer drug for their children after the Trump administration touted it as a ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to their neurotypical counterparts.

Girls with autism are often misdiagnosed because their symptoms manifest differently than they do in boys. Scientists say the prevalence of the disorder among girls is most likely higher than what ...

New research suggests that substantially reducing the amount of time that young kids with autism spend watching screens could lead to fewer symptoms of the developmental disorder. In a small pilot ...

Autistic people who smoke marijuana often report having positive experiences. Yet their anecdotal evidence does not in and of itself prove that marijuana is an effective drug for treating autistic ...

This sibling-controlled East Asian study found that autistic individuals, their unaffected siblings, and typically developing ...