For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age ...

Autism therapy centers offer services like applied behavior analysis (ABA), in which positive reinforcement is used to help ...

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system - ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...

A team of researchers has discovered a new connection between a genetic alteration and social difficulties related to autism: A mutation in the neuroligin-3 gene reduces the effect of the hormone ...

Some call it the '“gold standard” of autism care but the therapy is not cheap and many state Medicaid programs are cutting ...

Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten ...

Neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD often share symptoms, including challenges with social situations, staying ...

A California mom tells PEOPLE that she and her husband faced "judgment" over how they parented their daughter with autism.

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they ...

Private equity investors appeared more likely to enter states with a higher autism prevalence and more generous state autism ...

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists ...