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

Autistic children may be nonverbal or not have the words or other typical communication strategies to clearly explain their ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

Although there is no cure for autism, various interventions diminish the symptoms, sometimes profoundly. Since both social and communication differences are part of the diagnosis, behavioral and ...

Research suggests that autistic people have a higher risk for self-harm. Negative and unsupportive environments and challenges with emotional expression and communication may contribute to this ...

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system—ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...

A research team from the Department of Psychiatry at Tohoku University, led by Dr. Zhiqian Yu and Professor Hiroaki Tomita, ...

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 ...

There's a looming crisis for Arizonans on the autism spectrum, as the cost of a popular form of therapy spirals out of ...

In January, toymaker Mattel released the very first autistic Barbie doll. She’s wearing a loose purple dress and headphones.