Central autism-related features like affect dysregulation and resistance to routine were associated with higher co-occurring symptom severity.

Autism and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) share some symptoms. Sometimes, people may mistake one for the other. It is also possible for people to be autistic and have PTSD, too. In fact, some ...

In the wake of the White House's announcement on Monday of a potential link between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and autism, the administration also unveiled the launch of the Autism Data Science ...

On Monday, the Trump administration is expected to announce Tylenol’s ties to autism risk as well as touting another lesser-known drug as a potential autism treatment. Health and Human Services ...

Soon after psychiatrist Leo Kanner first identified autism in the 1940s, he and his colleagues proposed a simple explanation for its cause: mothers’ “lack of genuine warmth” toward their children.