Happy Autism Acceptance Month! It used to be Autism Awareness Month, but to be more inclusive and empowering to Autistic individuals, we call it Autism Acceptance Month. Autistic people may have ...

From the smallest fragment of brain tissue, the intricate blueprint of the entire brain is beginning to emerge. Researchers ...

Did she stick her tongue out? Have you ever stopped to wonder why people do this? It’s not just children who do this.

Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication ...

New research has uncovered a genetic connection between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a rare neuromuscular disease.

While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert ...

focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD. ASD was ...