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

A certified EMT pushes through anxiety to pursue his dream career. Experts share optimism and worry for people with ...

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

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

A new University of California San Diego School of Medicine study offers a unified biological model to explain how genetic predispositions and environmental exposures converge to cause autism spectrum ...

Donald Trump made an announcement on autism several weeks ago from the White House. During Q&A with the press, a reporter pressed Trump on his Tylenol-autism link and why it hasn't been talked about ...

Donald Trump held a press briefing last month for an announcement on autism. During Q&A with the press, a reporter asked Trump why a link between Tylenol and autism hasn't been talked about before.

Evolutionary changes that gave humans the ability for complex thought may also help explain the origins of autism, a study suggests. The research indicates that as a certain type of brain cell evolved ...

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...

If you’ve met one person with autism, the saying goes, you’ve met one person with autism. This popular quote attributed to autism expert Dr. Stephen Shore captures a truth that has long challenged ...

Source: Alison Escalante, ChatGPT / OpenAI Conversations about autism are often complicated by the fact that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) looks and feels different in different people. Because of ...