A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders suggests that the ability to comprehend complex ...

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.

When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...

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

Disney characters gave parents entryway into son's hidden thoughts and emotions. March 11, 2014— -- Owen Suskind was a talkative and lively child until the age of 3, when all that he had learned ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...

Autism is an inherently complex condition, but new research breaks it down into four distinct categories, each defined by a ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.