As autism has grown in prevalence, so too have attempts to make sense of it. From placing unfounded blame on vaccines to seeking a genetic cause, Americans have struggled to understand what autism is ...

Nearly one-third of children with autism were diagnosed by a primary care provider, according to a study of Medicaid data ...

Children with autism see simple movements twice as fast as other children their age, a new study finds. Researchers at Vanderbilt University and the University of Rochester were looking to test a ...

On Wednesday, Bradley Airport hosted its third “Autism Flies” event in partnership with Autism Double-Checked and Breeze Airways. “Autism is about repetitive behaviors, fixed routines,” said Alan Day, ...

Some teenagers with autism use a different set of eye-movement patterns from their non-autistic counterparts while recognizing faces, according to James McPartland, Ph.D., Harris Professor in the Yale ...

Averaged data from MEG sensors recorded in typically developing children (TD group) and children with ASD (ASD group). Colour visualisations represent the brain's response to sound, with black lines ...

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a question that sparked an incredible—and at times, heated—debate on a LinkedIn post I recently wrote: Should ABA providers be the ones diagnosing autism? The ...

A new study examined geographic patterns in autism diagnosis by primary care providers among Medicaid-enrolled children in 29 ...

Getting special education support or accomodations for your child is complicated and emotional.If you are navigating the ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition where basic communication, social interaction, and behavior ...