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Not all individuals with autism show signs of falling off a social cliff after high school; those who participated in organized sports and clubs fare the best.

The reasons some people with autism don’t make eye contact may differ between childhood and adulthood.

Studying the heterogeneity of autism features over time can help us understand why some children do better or worse than expected.

An innovative approach allows families with autism in India or Pakistan to practice communication strategies at home.

The idea that one residential model is appropriate for the entire spectrum of intellectual and developmental disability is patently absurd.

Understanding autism features in children who were deprived of social contact as infants could offer clues to the condition.

Probing the function of a protein in a calcium signaling pathway may lead to a diagnostic test for autism and a path toward treatments.

A minority of boys with autism have brains that are unusually large relative to their bodies — a trait tied to regression and intellectual disability.

‘Mini-brains’ created in a dish may reveal autism’s roots and point to treatments, but they do not yet mirror some critical features of a human brain.

Removing the Rett syndrome gene, MeCP2, from distinct cells and brain regions reveals hidden features of the condition.