A California mom tells PEOPLE that she and her husband faced "judgment" over how they parented their daughter with autism.

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

DC pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. is on the spectrum and has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), his attorneys revealed in ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

The West Georgia Autism Foundation recently presented local law enforcement offices with sensory bags for patrol vehicles.

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

Aimee Grant receives funding from the Wellcome Trust and UKRI. The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become part of everyday language. They are often used as different ways of ...

People who learn they have autism after age 6 — the current median age at diagnosis — are often described as having a “milder” form of autism than people diagnosed as toddlers. A new study challenges ...

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