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Adults with autism have a resting heartbeat that rarely varies in frequency, a tendency that may explain some aspects of the condition.

Clinicians can reliably diagnose autism roughly two years earlier than the typical age of diagnosis.

The offerings at this year’s international autism conference largely satisfied scientists pushing for a focus on biology, while also including enough sessions on social issues to please others.

The ratio of autistic boys to girls is roughly the same among children with epilepsy, according to a new meta-analysis.

Children whose fathers are highly intelligent are at a higher risk of autism than those whose fathers are of average intelligence.

Exposure to inflammation in the womb may affect the brain and behavior of males and females differently.

A website called GeneMatcher has helped researchers identify a new gene for intellectual disability, developmental delay and autism.

Adults with autism have a resting heartbeat that rarely varies in frequency, a tendency that may explain some aspects of the condition, a new study suggests1. The findings also hint at a problem in these adults’ ‘autonomic’ nervous system, which controls involuntary functions such as heart rate and breathing. In most people, the interval between […]

The autism research community is gathering in Montreal, Canada, this week for the meeting of the International Society for Autism Research.

About 10 percent of autistic children have suicidal thoughts and behaviors.