A low-cost tool accurately distinguishes neurotypical children from children with autism just by watching them copy the dance moves of an on-screen avatar for a minute. It can even tell autism from ...

UCLA Health researchers have created a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism ...

Using cortical organoids from individuals with autism, researchers tracked gene activity over development. Early ...

People with autism have brains that are wired differently. This can make them especially strong in some areas-such as ...

Recently, Reddit user u/only_mostly_sane asked, "People with autism, what did you think was 'normal' until a neurotypical person told you otherwise?" Here are some of their responses: This post is for ...

I was the “different” kid. I had intense interests that I went on monologues about, I missed social cues, and I checked out of conversations to stare at the wall while my mind wandered. Later, when my ...

As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...

People with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) often show a reduced sensitivity to contextual information in perceptual tasks, but new research suggests that this reduced sensitivity may actually lead ...