As they grow, children increasingly focus their attention on social elements in their environment, such as faces or social interactions. However, children with autism are often more interested in ...

Among a small cohort of children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder, a 12-week course of memantine led to improved ...

Service dogs have been found to be of great help to autistic children, promoting social interaction and enhancing safety.

New research suggests that those diagnosed with autism in late childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood are more likely to ...

A large-scale international study has revealed that autism diagnosed in early childhood is genetically and developmentally distinct from autism diagnosed later in life.

Singapore: A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders has found that toddlers with higher ...

Despite broad efforts in recent years to identify children with autism early, many continue to go undiagnosed for years. New ...

The new research reinforces how complex the neurodevelopmental disorder is and that there isn’t a single cause.

There are at least four distinct subtypes of autism, a new study finds, helping to explain the various trajectories of individuals on the spectrum and offering a path toward more targeted treatments.

Four times as many children have been diagnosed with autism in the past two decades amid improved awareness and screening and evolving definitions. A new study suggests diagnoses have increased at a ...