This news isn’t hard to swallow. Researchers at Yale University have identified a low-cost prescription drug already on the ...

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 ...

The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) is one of the most widely used and thoroughly researched caregiver interview ...

Autism in the D is a non-profit organization started by a mom in Detroit to support autistic children and their families.

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Researchers have discovered that a mutation of the MDGA1 gene, a key factor modulating the connections and characteristics ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is linked to a fourfold increased risk for early-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD), results from the largest, population-based cohort study of its kind to date showed. The ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising connection between autism and ADHD that goes deeper than labels. Instead of diagnoses, it’s the severity of autism-like traits that seems to shape how the brain ...

Can zebrafish help find autism treatments? Scientists used pharmaco-behavioral profiling to identify FDA-approved drugs, like ...

Why is autism more common in men? A new study identifies the MDGA1 gene mutation and the protective role of estrogen in females.