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

For decades, autism has been described as a spectrum - an elastic term that stretches from nonverbal children to adults with ...

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

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

When Helen Hoang began writing her debut novel, she initially did so because of her love for romance novels. But soon, it became a way for her to process her own autism diagnosis. “The Kiss ...

A new study in the lab of Jason Stein, Ph.D., modeled brain development in a dish to identify cells and genes that influence infant brain growth, a trait associated with autism. Yale School of ...

We talk a lot about championing Own Voices work in the bookish community, and for good reason. No one can more accurately, emotionally and powerful tell someone's story than themselves, and by raising ...

Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Key Takeaways Severe autism, or level 3 autism spectrum disorder, describes individuals with the highest support needs on the autism spectrum.People with level 3 ...

“It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing,” Rex Lewis-Clack croons, his head joyfully bobbing in time with the Duke Ellington standard. The 20-year-old musician accompanies himself on a grand ...