Molecular biologist Jonathan Mill is probing gene expression’s role in autism in uncharted territory — the fetal human brain.
Denver, Colorado, is one of at least eight cities considering an Oregon program to decriminalize and improve the treatment of people with severe mental illness — while saving the city money.
Tuberous sclerosis provides a unique opportunity to understand autism because about half of people with that single-gene condition also have autism.
Researcher Randi Hagerman is a big proponent of metformin — a diabetes drug that she is testing in people with fragile X syndrome. In fact, Hagerman takes the drug herself as a preventive measure against cancer.
Annie Ciernia describes the greenhouse origins of her scientific career and why a unicorn makes a good lab mascot.
Behavioral skills training helps ensure that people with autism not only understand a new safety skill but are able to perform it accurately.
Sleep problems may contribute to autism’s underlying biology — a connection that scientists can study in animal models.
People tend to believe that, regardless of the treatment, more is always better. But is it?
An auditory therapy may improve autistic people’s emotional control and help them feel safe enough to engage with the world.
A Utah program provides comprehensive care for autistic people across the lifespan and engages families in the decision-making.
Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, have developed a new autism detection technique that distinguishes among different eye-gaze patterns to help doctors more quickly and accurately detect autism in children.
