As they grow, children increasingly focus their attention on social elements in their environment, such as faces or social interactions. However, children with autism are often more interested in ...

A hallmark of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, is the reluctance to make eye contact with others in natural conditions. Although eye contact is a critically important part of everyday interactions, ...

Service dogs have been found to be of great help to autistic children, promoting social interaction and enhancing safety.

A team of UCLA scientists has found that brain areas linked to social behaviors are both underdeveloped and insufficiently networked in youths with high functioning autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...

A complex developmental condition, the causes behind autism is not clearly defined. But a plethora of misconceptions lead to ...

A new research review disputes claims made by the Trump administration about Tylenol use during pregnancy and autism and ADHD ...

University of Mississippi researchers have developed a new tool to help scientists study how environmental and genetic ...

The study looked at kids in New York and New Jersey over a span of 16 years. Autism is on the rise among young children, according to a new study. The study, published Thursday in the journal ...

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have uncovered a ...