While this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research shows otherwise.

About 2% of the world's adults have autism spectrum disorder. And many people recently have come to the realization that they're autistic as adults, some sharing their stories about their diagnosis or ...

What are the early signs of autism? Early signs include delayed speech; limited eye contact; and restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. Is autism genetic? Studies ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

The Marcus Autism Center announced it will conduct the largest study of behavior, brain and genomic biomarkers in children across the autism spectrum following a $21.9 million grant from the late ...

Autism has long been thought of as a condition that mostly affects boys, but a massive study from Sweden suggests that idea may be misleading. Tracking nearly 3 million people over decades, ...

Autistic spectrum disorders are complicated and most likely caused by a number of different problems. However, we still don’t know definitively if something in the diet could influence autism. The ...

A recent interview with Caragh McMurtry, 1 an ex-Olympic rower from the UK, revealed that she was diagnosed with autism after living with a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder for five years. In the ...

A new lawsuit claims AHCCCS, Arizona’s Medicaid program, could be responsible for upwards of 1,000 children with autism ...

When trusted voices like the CDC send mixed signals on vaccines, the ripple effects are immediate, three local doctors write. Families pause, delay or decline vaccines. And that allows the spread of ...