Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds may be associated with autistic traits and behavioral difficulties in girls, and with peer relationship problems in boys, according to a new study. Gender ...

Children diagnosed with autism are far more likely to experience ongoing gastrointestinal (GI) problems than their typically developing peers. That’s the finding of a new UC Davis MIND Institute study ...

Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds - as measured by levels of gender-conforming play - may be associated with autistic traits and behavioral difficulties in girls, and with peer relationship problems ...

Recent years have seen an increase in interest in stem cell therapy for autism, particularly among families looking for ...

Re “Autism Clinics Pursue Profits From Preschoolers” (front page, May 25): Your investigation into applied behavior analysis, or A.B.A., provides long-overdue scrutiny of this industry’s enormous cost ...

You suspect your child may have autism. How can you find out for sure, and as quickly as possible? Thousands of families in the United States face this question every year. Today, 1 in 44 children has ...

Autism is not an illness that needs to be cured. It is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how a person communicates, ...

For those who have gone through it, know the ordeal: the path to an autism diagnosis often stretches on for months or years.

Kentucky families raising children with profound autism gathered recently to demand answers from state officials about a ...