Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida is offering free monthly autism spectrum disorder screenings for toddlers 18 months to five years of age.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a ...

When Dame Uta Frith began researching autism six decades ago, it was an extremely rare, little-understood condition which psychologists referred to as “childhood psychosis”.

A team of Taiwanese researchers have used a nationwide, population-based cohort to examine whether taking acetaminophen during pregnancy might be linked to a higher likelihood of ...

About 2% of the world's adults have autism spectrum disorder. And many people recently have come to the realization that they're autistic as adults, some sharing their stories about their diagnosis or ...

The move comes months after the Trump administration touted leucovorin as a potential therapy for a broader group of patients with autism symptoms.

Founders of the new Independent Autism Coordinating Committee say they will act as an alternative body to a federal advisory group under RFK Jr.

People 18 years or older with ASD and who have a significant mood disorder or other behaviors that interfere with function and quality of life are needed to take part in a Johns Hopkins research study ...

Make toothbrushing easier and less stressful for your child with autism. Learn simple, expert-backed tips that help kids—and ...

It’s a first of its kind for traditional public schools in Texas: a campus tailored to the needs of young children diagnosed ...

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