A new study indicates the brain’s visual processing system is impaired in infants who go on to develop autism.

The causes of autism aren’t clear. But the symptoms are not hard to spot. The key often is watching for developmental milestones. Learn about the signs of autism.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication ...

The study, published in the journal Autism Research, is the first to test anecdotal evidence that children with ASD, like most youngsters, pay attention to puppets.

This woman has a 30-year-old female friend who has Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and recently, they decided to go to Disney World together. Her friend is currently single and does not have any ...

A new study suggests that unusual visual inspection of objects may precede the development of the social symptoms that are characteristic of autism syndrome disorder.

Researchers have determined that people with autism concentrate more brain resources in the areas associated with visual detection and identification, and conversely, have less activity in the ...

They recruited 43 adult patients with first-episode schizophrenia (FES), 35 average intelligent and verbally fluent adult patients with high-functioning ASD and 48 controls.

Seven years later, she enrolled in a special-education master’s program and then accepted an invitation from a mentor to teach for ASD Nest.

A local firefighter developed a course to give emergency workers the tools to identify signs of autism, communicate, and assess with compassion.