Autism has long been thought of as a condition that mostly affects boys, but a massive study from Sweden suggests that idea may be misleading. Tracking nearly 3 million people over decades, ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising connection between autism and ADHD that goes deeper than labels. Instead of diagnoses, it’s the severity of autism-like traits that seems to shape how the brain ...

UCR education professor Katherine Meltzoff develops a set of telehealth tools that help clinicians diagnose autism remotely, ...

An analysis of Google Trends search data by the provider of autism parenting resources, Autism Parenting Magazine, revealed ...

New research challenged the longstanding belief that autism is much more common in males versus females. In a Swedish study of 2.7 million people, male-to-female ratios in autism diagnoses were nearly ...

A U.S. study does not show severe autism can be “reversed”, contrary to misleading headlines shared on social media making that claim and calling the results a “miracle”. The case report of just two ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Children with autism have different brains than children without autism ...

Compared with usual care, Empower-Autism, an online psychoeducational and psychotherapeutic programme for caregivers of children newly diagnosed with autism provided sustained improvement in ...

A Montreal-based probiotic company is reporting early-stage findings from a clinical study examining the role of gut health ...