High-functioning autism often goes unnoticed, yet daily work life can involve constant mental effort, masking and sensory ...

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Can zebrafish help find autism treatments? Scientists used pharmaco-behavioral profiling to identify FDA-approved drugs, like levocarnitine, that reverse autism-related behaviors in zebrafish.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate and interact, and how a person’s brain develops ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one in 36 children. That is nearly the equivalent of one child per classroom. This number has risen in recent years with ...

With autism prevalence now reaching 1 in 31 children in the United States according to the latest CDC data, the pressure on ...

La Becky Roe remains focused on optimism. The founder and executive director of Let’s Talk About It-The Autism Center, a Charlotte-based nonprofit for autistic people and loved ones, is bracing to see ...

New research suggests genetic factors may be protecting females from developing autism at the same rate as males. Our ...