Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a ...

For more than two decades, researchers have identified hundreds of genes that increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder ...

The study lead told Newsweek that genetic risk scores may help identify people at higher risk of diseases before symptoms ...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger's while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as "autistic". But ...

Scientists are getting a step closer to understanding exactly how autism develops in the brain – and what might work to treat ...

By building the largest-ever molecular interaction map of autism, the team revealed how hundreds of genes and dozens of mutations converge within a surprisingly small number of shared protein networks ...

About 2% of the world's adults have autism spectrum disorder. And many people recently have come to the realization that they're autistic as adults, some sharing their stories about their diagnosis or ...

There is a continuing row over whether it matters if such a broad spectrum of people are defined as having autism ...

Researchers Dr. Yuval Hart and Oded Wertheimer from the Psychology department and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science (ELSC) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new ...

A UVA researcher explains how a new tool could help scientists better understand the complex connections among children, ...

Researchers have examined the alleged link from multiple angles and across millions of people. The conclusion is remarkably ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that involves impairments in social interaction and communication, challenges with sensory processing, and repetitive behaviors. The term ...