The Marcus Autism Center announced it will conduct the largest study of behavior, brain and genomic biomarkers in children ...

When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments ...

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

While this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research shows otherwise.

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London shows that "Predictive Parenting," a group-based behavioral parenting intervention for parents ...

Most new cases reflect mild or no significant impairment. Moderate and severe cases have declined. Adam Omary is a ...

Leah Welborn, a late-diagnosed autistic woman, shares 7 childhood clues that were overlooked in the 1980s due to gender bias and outdated autism stereotypes. Her story exemplifies how autism in girls ...

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Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

The Swedish study adds to a growing shift in autism science. Earlier estimates, reflected in diagnostic manuals, suggested roughly four diagnosed males for every female. More recent analyses have ...

Parents of 11 children with autism file lawsuit against Arizona Medicaid agency over contract disputes, alleging unlawful ...