Genetic data suggest that expanding diagnostic criteria may account for much of the increase in ADHD and autism diagnoses.

We must see the person before the diagnosis and ensure that our support systems foster collaboration between national and local governments.

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger's while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as "autistic". But ...

OUR understanding of autism has come a long way, and increasingly, studies suggest there’s not one single type of the ...

Researchers have identified a promising new therapeutic strategy for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A research team led by ...

When people hear the word autism, it’s often associated with a specific set of traits. But in reality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is just that—a spectrum, encompassing a broad range of differences ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved leucovorin to treat a neurological disorder with some symptoms similar to autism. Behavioral therapy payments are an easy target for fraud. Two outsiders who ...

Researchers Dr. Yuval Hart and Oded Wertheimer from the Psychology department and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science (ELSC) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new ...