Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system - ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...

The behavioral disorders observed in autism are associated with a multitude of genetic alterations. Scientists have now found another molecular cause for this condition. The transcription factor MYT1L ...

After 18 years of trying to decode his children’s behavior, 54-year-old Christopher Moore can usually understand what they need. But like a lot of parents of children with autism, he wonders who will ...

When considering autism in the context of hospital security, it’s crucial for hospital staff and security personnel to be aware of and sensitive to the unique needs and behaviors of individuals with ...

To cope, some autistic people try to mimic non-autistic behavior by studying gestures, taking acting classes, or copying characters from TV. Others prefer to communicate in writing, where the pressure ...

What does it mean to be autistic? In theory, one would presume the people most qualified to answer that question are those who are autistic. In practice, however, those who are on the spectrum — like ...

As schools across the country welcome students back to campus, these changes may be a struggle for those students with autism and create a significant safety risk: wandering. Wandering, also known as ...

In Singapore, there is a nonprofit restaurant called Soul Food. What impressed me most was not a fancy menu but the people who run it. They are young workers on the autism spectrum, or ASD, and their ...