Everyone's brain is wired differently, and what may seem rude to you may feel perfectly appropriate to someone else.

It’s now called autism spectrum disorder (ASD ... in California. “I think people felt it was confusing.” Using the term “PDDs” created other challenges too, as it often led ...

In a medical first, a research team in China has successfully stitched a CRISPR gene-edited pig liver into a brain-dead ...

A recent study from Northwestern University has uncovered a genetic factor that may play a key role in autism. Researchers found that a specific gene affects how brain cells form connections during ...

She observed that autistic people are an easy group to stigmatize ... “For years, I internalized the idea that my brain was ‘wrong’ and that I had to work twice as hard, overcompensate ...

In diagnosing autism – the developmental variant that affects around 80 million people worldwide – medical practitioners today put too much emphasis on a child's lack of sociability and not enough on ...

A new study from the University of Maryland School of Medicine has found a possible link between inflammation during ...

A new study has found that the gut-brain connection is an important factor in improving autism symptoms in kids. The found ...