Few medical conditions rival autism as a magnet for controversy. Practically everything about the disorder — its cause, its treatment, the way it is diagnosed, how it is studied — is subject to bitter ...

A unique pattern of brain organization may explain why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often possess superior math skills. A small brain imaging study showed that children between the ...

Scientists have created a new kind of test for autism, which relies on motion tracking technology that monitors a participant as they imitate movements shown in a video. The technology finds small ...

Scientists have developed a video game that can spot if a child has autism with 80 per cent accuracy. Called Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation (CAMI), the game asks children to mimic the ...

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses innovative techniques to diagnose autism with Kennedy Krieger Institute's Steven Mostofsky, MD and Bahar Tungenc of Nottingham Trent University.

FRISCO – If there’s one thing Cade Elias likes more than video games, it is math. “Actually, yes and sushi is the best though,” he quipped. Cade, a seventh grader in Frisco ISD, has autism. In the ...

Nationwide — SPARK, the largest study of autism families across the United States, hopes a new video campaign helps the research initiative capture the attention of more Black and African American ...