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For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

Katie Paxton-Fear is neurodiverse (‘autistic’, she says). It’s a common, but not causal, condition among hackers. Autism ...

It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is false and not backed up by the latest ...

These character traits might mean you are autistic. This is how to get diagnosed - More adults than ever are seeking truths ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age when symptoms first appear may help anticipate the specific traits, ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

Supplementation of nutrient cocktails containing zinc, branched-chain amino acids and serine improves social interaction in three different mouse genetic models of autism. [Ming-Hui Lin and Tzyy-Nan ...

Share on Pinterest In a study in mice, scientists saw autism-related benefits from a mix of three supplements. Olga Pankova/Getty Images A new study in mice finds that a trio of supplements reduces ...

Researchers led by Tzyy-Nan Huang and Ming-Hui Lin from Academia Sinica in Taiwan report that a low-dose mixture of zinc, serine, and branch-chain amino acids can alleviate behavioral deficits in ...

Talk about a prenatal power move. About 1 in 36 US children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, a complex group of developmental conditions characterized by repetitive behaviors and ...