Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), in addition to the core features of the disease, experience a higher burden of co-occurring medical conditions. This study sought to describe the ...

A female protective effect has long been postulated as the primary explanation for the four-fold increase of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses in males versus females. However, genetic and ...

Portrait of an adorable little boy wearing a suit and standing near a chalkboard with a colorful brain sketch. Concept of child's development A new study from The Society for Research in Child ...

Many concerned parents seek a diagnostic assessment to see whether their child’s social communication and behavior meet the diagnostic criteria for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or in response to ...

For the first few months of the COVID19 pandemic, Spenser Murray was afraid to leave his house. "I was literally scared to leave the house, like even just ordering groceries was like freaking me out," ...

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) sometimes occur together. While FXS is a known genetic cause of ASD, not everyone who receives an FXS diagnosis is autistic, and not all ...

Hundreds of genes have been linked to autism, yet the precise molecular and cellular mechanisms behind it remain largely ...

All the members of the Toronto-based ASD Band are on the Autism Spectrum. This month, they've been dropping new covers of songs each week in... Toronto's ASD Band Looks To Raise Autism Awareness By ...