New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s ...

Dr. Robert Naviaux, a professor of medicine, pediatrics and pathology at the UCSD School of Medicine and the study’s lead author, estimated that 40-50% of autism cases could be prevented or ...

In the past few years, scientists have been working hard to understand mental health conditions like autism, schizophrenia, ...

When there are fewer dendritic spines, fewer synapses are formed, and brain cells struggle to communicate properly. This ...

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

A study published in Molecular Psychiatry found that brain volume changes correlate with social behavior differences in psychiatric conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia. The ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD often share symptoms, including challenges with social situations, staying ...

The study looked at kids in New York and New Jersey over a span of 16 years. Autism is on the rise among young children, according to a new study. The study, published Thursday in the journal ...

Paraeducators reported significantly greater confidence navigating challenging behaviors in autistic students after receiving training that encourages them to understand challenging behavior as a form ...

In peer-reviewed research of 51,000 pregnant women, Ben-Gurion University scientists find that if hormone imbalance is ...