New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

A study has revealed that robots can serve not merely as toys but as excellent teachers for children with autism spectrum ...

Researchers have found a significant link between the levels of specific dihydroxy fatty acids in umbilical cord blood and ASD symptoms. Their findings highlight the role of these metabolites in the ...

New research suggests that the way brain networks reorganize moment-to-moment predicts autism severity. Children who spent ...

Raising a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can upend a family’s world — that transformation can go unrecognized by those outside of it. Just as each child with autism presents unique ...

Some children referred for an autism assessment in Barnsley face a waiting list of three years before being seen, with the ...

In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month. It is a month set aside to celebrate the contributions and diversity within the community made up of individuals on the autism spectrum. Asia Bailey of Glen ...