Autism is diagnosed far more often in boys than girls. New research may help explain the long-standing gender gap.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's ...

Stimming—short for "self-stimulatory behavior"—is a form of self-soothing commonly seen in autistic people. It can involve repetitive movements, sounds, or actions and is commonly regarded in medical ...

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

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A concise history tracing autism diagnosis from early misunderstandings to the modern autism spectrum disorder framework.

In elementary school, Ariel sat alone at a desk in the closet. She could see the class through a two-way mirror, but no one could see her. She doesn’t remember if it was a punishment, but she ...

Autism and ADHD traits appear to follow different social paths. In a study of 9,619 Japanese students, autistic traits were ...

A brief multisensory timing training narrowed the temporal binding window in autistic children and adolescents for about a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of the apparent increase in childhood autism cases in Denmark between 1980 and 2011 may be due to changes in how those cases are reported, according to a new ...