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In recent years, scientists have identified hundreds of different genes associated with autism, a burst of discovery that has prompted a new and perplexing question: how can so many different genes ...

For children with autism spectrum disorder and with an intellectual disability, the options for improving communication and ...

Differences in the physical shape and wiring of the brain can directly contribute to the development of attention and social ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

Autism is a neurodevelopmental difference associated with specific experiences and characteristics. For decades, autism research has focused on behavioural, cognitive, social and communication ...

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A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system - ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...

Researchers have uncovered a possible link between sterol biosynthesis inhibiting medications taken during pregnancy and an ...

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 ...

While some people feel moments of loneliness or social anxiety from time to time, investigative reporter Christina Buttons ...