A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders suggests that the ability to comprehend complex ...

Scientists have made a breakthrough in our understanding of the development of childhood autism. The discovery, which sheds light on a small number of biochemical pathways involved in autism ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has received a three-year grant to study the use of eye-tracking technology to measure "implicit word comprehension" for some ...

Will a child who's evaluated for autism later develop an intellectual disability? Can this be accurately predicted? Early-childhood experts in Quebec say they've have come up with a better way to find ...

When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...

This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...