Olivia was around 5 months old when her parents, Danielle and Brendan Collins, noticed she was making unusual movements. "She ...

After a career spent grappling with the neural underpinnings of autism, Uta Frith is unwavering in her controversial call to ...

Once the regimen was complete, the researchers used a tool called the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2) to measure changes ...

A long-overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

The idea of the “autism spectrum” is widely used in diagnosis, education and public discussion. First developed by the psychiatrist Lorna Wing in the 1980s, the term was intended to reflect the wide ...

Edward Kang’s RetinaMind analyzes patients’ retinal images and accurately diagnoses neurodevelopmental disorders 89 percent ...

A long‑overlooked stretch of the human genome appears to play a distinct role in shaping the social and stereotypic ...

When you spend too much time on TikTok, there are a few tells: the hours that slip by on the couch when you told yourself you’d only take a short break; baldly telling someone you read an article ...

UCR education professor Katherine Meltzoff develops a set of telehealth tools that help clinicians diagnose autism remotely, ...

We feel more anxious when facing uncertain or unpredictable situations, but for those who score higher on autistic traits, ...

Having nonspeaking autism does not mean a person cannot communicate or understand language. With the right support, they can become a strong communicator, with or without verbal language. Share on ...

For many students with autism, predictability is not a preference; it is a foundation. Clear routines, steady expectations, ...