Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sometimes occur together. While FXS is a known genetic cause of ASD, not everyone who receives an FXS diagnosis is autistic, and not all ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social ...

Research from NeuroQure, a biotechnology company specializing in autism spectrum disorder, has led to the development of a ...

Feb 4 (Reuters) - Autism might be just as common in females as in males, according to a study published on Wednesday that counters prevailing estimates of the disorder's prevalence. While the ...

A new study suggests autism diagnosis rates are "more or less equal for men and women," significantly challenging long-held assumptions about gender disparities. Previous understanding often cited a ...

Diagnosis rates increased steadily throughout childhood, peaking at 645.5 per 100,000 person-years for males ages 10-14 and ...

Did you know that 1 in 31 children in the United States has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)? That is nearly five times higher than in the early 2000s. As more children receive ...

How dietitians can use flexible, neurodiversity-affirming meal planning to support autistic and ADHD clients without rigid ...

Autistic authors often describe themselves as aliens from outer space, but remarkable new research by Antonio Benítez-Burraco, Wanda Lattanzi, and Elliot Murphy suggests that many characteristics of ...

ATLANTA ― The use of insulinlike growth factor–1 (IGF-1) significantly improves symptoms of social withdrawal and repetitive behaviors in children with Phelan-McDermid syndrome (PMS), a genetic cause ...