In recent years, scientists have identified hundreds of different genes associated with autism, a burst of discovery that has prompted a new and perplexing question: how can so many different genes ...

Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

For children with autism spectrum disorder and with an intellectual disability, the options for improving communication and ...

Two studies led by the Chahrour Lab at UT Southwestern Medical Center shed new light on genes associated with autism spectrum ...

Once the regimen was complete, the researchers used a tool called the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2) to measure changes ...

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Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

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 ...

If you are neurodivergent, or parenting a neurodivergent child, it can often feel like the world doesn’t take you seriously.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Autistic children have more gray matter in areas of the brain that control social processing and sight-based learning than children without the developmental disability, a small ...

Autistic children could benefit from new technique that uses magnetic pulses to stimulate the brain - The method could be a ...

“I was failed by a system that rewards compliance,” Tyler Barnett tells PEOPLE. “It wasn’t built for me" ...