A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

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

The U.S. government is approving the drug leucovorin to address rising rates of autism among children, despite limited ...

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

A rare disorder called myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) causes weakness and muscle loss that gets progressively worse. Patients with DM1 are about 14 times more likely to be diagnosed with autism ...

Dr. Aileen Marty, Infectious Disease Specialist and Professor at Florida International University, joins Bob Sirott to talk about the latest health news. Dr. Marty explains why autism is a spectrum ...

Autistic masking may be an evolved survival response to social risk: useful for belonging, but costly when sustained over a ...

Stimming—short for "self-stimulatory behavior"—is a form of self-soothing commonly seen in autistic people. It can involve repetitive movements, sounds, or actions and is commonly regarded in medical ...

As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years. Everyone from fellow parents and family members to my son’s karate ...