Using cortical organoids from individuals with autism, researchers tracked gene activity over development. Early ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in our understanding of the development of childhood autism. The discovery, which sheds light on a small number of biochemical pathways involved in autism ...

For most of human history, the mind was a mystery box. Behavior emerged, and we simply accepted it—strange, brilliant, troubled, gifted. But today, we peer inside that box. We map genes. We track ...

Loneliness and friendship were examined in 22 high-functioning children with autism and 19 typically developing children equated with the autistic children for IQ, CA, gender, mother's education, and ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, researchers investigated the reliability of eye-tracking biological markers in distinguishing autistic children from non-autistic ones during clinical ...

Exposure to wildfire smoke during the final months of pregnancy may raise the risk for autism in infants by up to 23%, a ...

As a child, Trudi Sullivan would become very anxious by changes in her routine. No matter how hard she tried, she could not calm herself when that happened. Many years later, she was diagnosed with ...

"Autism is not a processing error. It's a different operating system." –Sarah Hendrickx According to the National Institute of Mental Health, autism is a ...

A large study shows that paracetamol use during pregnancy is not associated with autism, helping dispel long standing safety ...

Throughout history, alliances have driven social progress, especially for marginalized communities. The Civil Rights, LGBTQIA+, and Disability Rights movements are all examples of people and their ...