Two new analyses help to explain why mutations to the chromosomal region 16p11.2 can lead to autism, intellectual disability or language difficulties.
A new survey shows that children with autism or other developmental disabilities in the United States are at least twice as likely to have asthma as their neurotypical peers are.
About 0.7 percent of children in China aged 6 to 12 — and 1.15 percent of 10- and 11-year-olds in Greece — have autism, figures that are consistent with prevalence estimates elsewhere.
Babies with telltale patterns of electrical activity in the brain have pronounced autism traits as toddlers.
Intellectually or developmentally disabled group-home residents are dying from COVID-19 at twice the rate of all New Yorkers with the virus.
The autism gene SHANK3 is crucial for the development and function of muscles and the motor neurons that control them.
Brain structure of autistic people with deletions in the chromosomal region 22q11.2 differs from that of autistic people without the deletions.
The amygdala has long been a focus of autism research. But its exact role in the condition has been unclear.
With pandemic restrictions lifting, many researchers are cautiously returning to work.
A new treatment prevents seizures and improves memory in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome, according to a new study.
Autistic people tend to have trouble shifting their gaze to take in all the details of a scene.
