An 11-year-old autistic child suffered brain death after allegedly being 'imprisoned" in his own classroom, with his heartbroken mother claiming staff 'watched and did nothing' to help as he smashed h ...

Exploring Family Perspectives and Ongoing Research into EEG-Guided rTMS Approaches WIMBERLEY, TX, UNITED STATES, ...

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...

UCLA Health researchers have created a comprehensive map showing how eight different genetic mutations associated with autism ...

As a mom who's waded through endless neurodivergent and autism theories, I've learned to approach new research with a healthy dose of skepticism. But this gut-brain connection autism research from USC ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Joshua Sikes, 11, allegedly 'suffered brain death' after being trapped in a 'makeshift classroom ...

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 ...

Most people take for granted which hand they use to reach for a cup of coffee or a puzzle piece. However, a new study out of York University suggests that for autistic individuals, which hand they use ...

A genome-wide analysis of the RNA in the brains of individuals with autism reveals consistent patterns of abnormal gene expression and implicates several molecular pathways in the pathology of autism.

The first I learned about autism was as a kid told I had Asperger's. For a long time, what autism meant to me was not having friends, feeling misunderstood, and generally being a bit weird. When I ...

The symptoms of autism may not be obvious until a child is a toddler, but the disorder itself appears to begin well before birth. Brain tissue taken from children who died and also happened to have ...