Children younger than age 5 and Black and Hispanic children on the spectrum experience the most financial hardships.

Spectrum reviewed more than 35,000 journal articles and nearly 6,700 grants to home in on a highly interconnected network of 150 scientists who are advancing autism research through collaboration.

The coronavirus lockdown has radically disrupted autistic people’s schedules and access to services, according to a new survey.

Eight mental health conditions occur unusually often in autistic people, a new analysis suggests.

About one in three autistic people in the United Kingdom is prescribed drugs designed to alter brain function.

About 1 in 40 children in the United States has autism, according to a survey conducted in 2016. Roughly 30 percent of those children were not being treated for the condition at the time.

Children with autism are more likely to have both sleep problems and constipation than would be expected based on the prevalence of each of those conditions.

Young people with autism have more psychiatric and medical conditions than do their typical peers or those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Children with autism are more likely to be prescribed antipsychotic medications earlier and for longer periods than are their typical peers.

In people with fragile X syndrome, autism is often accompanied by seizures, trouble falling or staying asleep and anxiety.