Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a ...

The Lurie Autism Institute presented its $100,000 award to Huda Zoghbi, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine and the ...

This study evaluates a new fecal microbiota transplant method, revealing significant symptom improvements in children with ...

A cross-sectional study examines annual trends in unmet healthcare needs among over 8000 children with autism.

They also face more disadvantages in multiple social determinants of health such as poverty, food hardship, and lead exposure ...

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 ...

The clinical intersection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and psychosis in young people constitutes one of the most complex ...

Studies reveal a complex interplay of traits, genes, and brain structure behind the dual diagnosis—raising new questions ...