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

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

Australian researchers have uncovered a startling link between infant sleep patterns and the development of autistic traits. According to the study, babies who sleep less or experience poorer sleep ...

A novel investigation into the impacts of neuronal mutations on autism-related characteristics in humans has been described in the open-access journal eLife. Autism spectrum disorder, and autism ...

Going through school, Erin Geddes felt like she slipped through the cracks. The now 41-year-old wife and mother often felt overlooked in her childhood in California. She described her experiences as ...

Although healthcare providers generally know the signs of autism in toddlers, the typical child with autism in the U.S. doesn’t receive a diagnosis until age 4 and 1/2. Before getting the diagnosis, a ...

A new study has identified four biologically distinct subtypes of autism, each with identifiable symptom clusters and lifetime trajectories. Researchers then linked each group to specific biological ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated whether autistic characteristics affected the strength of color-shape associations (CSAs) based on the binding errors (BEs) ...

Due to researchers' increasing attention and interest in exploring neurodivergence, there is a constant influx of new information pertaining to the commonalities between autism and eating disorders.

Editor's Note: The following is part of a class project originally initiated in the classroom of Ball State University professor Adam Kuban in fall 2021. Kuban continued the project this spring ...