Autistic people face unique sensory and social challenges throughout their daily lives, but embracing autism as both a ...

Early screening for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism is important to ensure children have the support they need to ...

Masking helps in certain situations but can exacerbate feelings of inauthenticity, anxiety, and depression over time. For autistic women who often "mask" their behaviors to avoid uncomfortable social ...

A new study has found that folate may weaken the link between blood-lead levels in pregnant women and autistic-like behaviors in their children. New research gives another reason to take folic ...

Autism is characterized by restricted, repetitive behaviors and impairment in socialization and communication. Although no neuropathologic substrate underlying autism has been found, the findings ...

Department of Nutrition and Health (DNS), Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Minas Gerais, Brazil Objective: The aim of this study was to explore problematic behaviors and their association with the ...

Years after a controversial study was proven to be fraudulent, studies show there’s no link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. In 1998, a medical journal published ...

Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center ...

Bella, 18, was diagnosed with autism during high school and adapted her behaviour to fit in. "For my masking, I would kind of change my personality or the way that I would behave — with what ...

Autistic children are regularly excluded from class, physically restrained to the point of being bruised, suspended and expelled from school because their needs are neither understood nor ...

Contracting a viral infection during pregnancy could lead to an autism diagnosis for the child ... rather than analyzing the behaviors of the offspring as adults.” Maternal immune activation ...