Only a fraction of autism studies use the gold standard tests to diagnose the disorder in study participants.
The protein missing in people with fragile X syndrome regulates the activity of more than 800 other proteins, including some key players in autism, according to a study published 22 July in Cell. Many of these autism-associated proteins cluster on either side of the synapse, the junction between neurons.
Broken rules are even more distressing to people with autism than being excluded, according to a new study.
Neurofeedback studies showing improvement in symptoms in people with autism are deeply flawed, according to a new review.
Wendy Chung planned to spend her career in a research lab, identifying rare pathologies. But life had other plans for her.
Breaking down the learning of new concepts into small steps may help people with autism retain new skills.
Blocking a chemical messenger — a much-touted approach to treating fragile X syndrome — is unlikely to completely reverse symptoms of the disorder, according to a provocative new study. The results, published in May in Behavioural Brain Research, show only modest behavioral improvements with the approach.
Mothers of children with autism are rated by their husbands as rigid and inflexible whereas fathers are viewed by their wives as aloof. Perhaps these qualities are reinforced by the challenges of raising a child with the disorder?
A new study shows that women with high-functioning autism appear better able to camouflage their symptoms, perhaps because they are more self-aware than men with the disorder.