The dual diagnosis frequently co-occurs with anxiety, depression and developmental and language delays.

The findings put genetic background forward to help explain autism’s heterogeneity.

The measure breaks the behaviors down into eight distinct subdomains — categorization that could prove useful for clinical trials, its creator says.

A young researcher faces down the skeptics.

This month’s newsletter explores the pandemic’s effects on autism rates, trends in co-occurring mental health conditions, and the impact of intranasal oxytocin.

Parents’ health, treatment dosages and sensory perception feature in this month’s crop of null and replicated results.

Mood, anxiety, personality and eating disorders more commonly affect autistic people diagnosed in adulthood than those diagnosed in childhood.

Interventions that moderate a need for ‘sameness’ may prevent anxiety traits.

Some clinicians say the term describes a subtype of autism, but others dispute its validity and say it is harmful to the autistic community.

Women who carry genetic variants tied to autism have an elevated chance of experiencing pregnancy-related events linked to the condition in their children.