Children diagnosed on the autism spectrum are more likely to have gastrointestinal problems than neurotypical kids, a new ...

Autistic children and adults may be experiencing PTSD at higher rates than official diagnoses suggest, with their symptoms ...

Many of us have heard of burnout, that grinding exhaustion and loss of motivation driven by pressures from work, but for those suffering from autistic burnout it stems from the demands of everyday ...

Autistic children were more likely to develop each symptom, with constipation being the most common, affecting around 32 per ...

Common signs of autism include trouble with social communication and a fixation on certain routines or topics — Nelson says ...

Zhang and team examined data from large studies conducted in the US, the UK, Europe, and Australia, including genetic data ...

In 2021, a Lancet commission report on the future of autism research and care introduced the term “profound autism” for ...

The Food and Drug Administration plans to approve a new use for the generic drug leucovorin in the coming weeks to treat kids with “cerebral folate deficiency and autistic symptoms,” according to a ...

A large 2020 cohort study in JAMA Pediatrics examined some of these. The prospective study found that watching television and/or videos, and less frequent play interaction between child and caregiver ...

It’s not easy being the brother or sister of an autistic child. “Typical” siblings sometimes feel embarrassed by or responsible for their autistic sib, or may feel jealous of all the attention he gets ...

A MUM who thought her little girl “would be reading by one” is now watching her slowly fade away after she was diagnosed with ...