The U.S. government is approving the drug leucovorin to address rising rates of autism among children, despite limited ...

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

Understanding Autism follows filmmaker Scott Steindorff as he aims to discover more about his own autism. Speaking to autistic people all across the spectrum, he seeks to reframe the perception of ...

Autistic masking may be an evolved survival response to social risk: useful for belonging, but costly when sustained over a ...

Stimming—short for "self-stimulatory behavior"—is a form of self-soothing commonly seen in autistic people. It can involve repetitive movements, sounds, or actions and is commonly regarded in medical ...

As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years. Everyone from fellow parents and family members to my son’s karate ...

Dr. Aileen Marty, Infectious Disease Specialist and Professor at Florida International University, joins Bob Sirott to talk about the latest health news. Dr. Marty explains why autism is a spectrum ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of the apparent increase in childhood autism cases in Denmark between 1980 and 2011 may be due to changes in how those cases are reported, according to a new ...