For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age when symptoms first appear may help anticipate the specific traits, ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

Researchers at Princeton University and the Simons Foundation have identified four clinically and biologically distinct subtypes of autism, marking a transformative step in understanding the condition ...

Autism is more common than ever before, a new report suggests. As of 2022, about 1 in 31 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism by the time they were 8 years old, researchers ...

Scientists have discovered there are four different and distinct types of autism in a step they have called a 'paradigm shift' for future treatment of the disorder. US experts who examined data from 5 ...

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s appointment in confusion. Their toddler – who was very social – didn’t resemble the ...

For decades, researchers have looked for links. Most believe the disorder springs from a complex interplay of genetics and environmental factors. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn and Azeen Ghorayshi ...

However, in the mini-brains linked to autism, the researchers saw an overproduction of excitatory neurons. This imbalance may ...