Genetic and clinical data suggest dietary factors may influence autism risk via immune pathways, highlighting the need for ...

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists analyzed decades of research and found little reliable evidence that ...

This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...

The new doll carries a pink fidget spinner that actually spins, wears pink noise-cancelling headphones to reduce sensory overload and holds a pink tablet that represents her augmentative and ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two studies shed light on the possible effects of autism on the brain and point to potential treatments, researchers said on Monday. One found that oxytocin, which studies have ...

The runaway hit hockey romance gives us a different kind of autistic character, one created by an author and an actor with ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...