A team of researchers from the University of Aberdeen has uncovered, for the first time, how genes linked to autism and intellectual disability may influence early brain development. Their work helps ...

Organoids have helped create a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism spectrum disorder affect early brain development. This work provides new insights ...

Some autistic teens often adopt behaviors to mask their diagnosis in social settings helping them be perceived — or “pass” — as non-autistic. For the first time, researchers are able to observe brain ...

Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have uncovered new insights into how brain wiring differs in ...

A study published in Nature Neuroscience has split autism into two distinct biological types based on how the brain wires its connections, drawing on resting-state fMRI scans from nearly 1,000 ...

Some autistic traits related to challenges with social interaction, mental flexibility and visual perception could be alleviated through a new, noninvasive therapy. A team of researchers, including ...

The Telepathy Tapes podcast is a fascinating window into the world of autism research and advocacy, exploring the rich mental world of autistic individuals. With scientific rigor and thoughtful ...

Late-diagnosed autistic women explain the need to fill knowledge gaps after decades of being hidden.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism has long been treated almost exclusively as a childhood condition, with little attention paid to how it evolves with age.

Language development in autistic children is far from uniform: some progress without notable difficulty, while others show ...