Rates of genetic testing for autism and intellectual and development disorders were associated with race, gender, and insurance company.

Genetic variants linked to autism are associated with structural differences in neonatal white matter, particularly increased ...

Extensive genetic testing is recommended for all children with epilepsy, unexplained developmental delays, autism and ...

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

The SYNGAP1 gene, which supports the production of a protein called SynGAP (Synaptic Ras GTPase-Activating Protein), is known ...

More likely to fall through the cracks as kids, adult females are seeking autism diagnoses after years of searching for ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has questioned why autism rates have been rising over the last several years. Experts say he's missing ...

MIT neuroscientists have made a breakthrough in treating fragile X syndrome by leveraging a novel neurotransmitter signaling ...

Advocates worry that as HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could undermine years of work to unlink autism and vaccines and ...

With funding from the NIH earmarked by the Autism CARES Act, researchers aim to pinpoint the environmental factors that ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Dr. Eric Levine’s cutting-edge autism research at UConn School of Medicine is reprogramming the donated skin or blood cells ...