Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...

A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

Diagnoses have climbed by 175 percent in just the last decade—with the greatest increases in girls and women. Here’s how our understanding of autism is changing. Girls and women are being diagnosed ...

Autism diagnosed in early childhood differs genetically and developmentally from autism identified later in an individual’s development, challenging the notion that it is a single, uniform disorder, ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. A large Swedish study suggests that by adulthood, diagnoses of autism in women and men reach ...

A large review found no causal link between antidepressant use before or during pregnancy and ADHD or autism in children. The ...

Share on Pinterest A family medicine physician helps Medical News Today fact-check recent claims about the prevalence of autism and its risk factors. Image credit: Jennifer Bogle/Stocksy. Posts on ...

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health has launched an initiative to promote community resources for Mississippians with ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda has won praise from some whose loved ones have severe complications from autism. But others say his rhetoric fails to accurately portray people on the ...

Grandin is an author, teacher and animal expert with autism. She spoke at Pegasus Farm about giving people with autism tools ...