A lack of interest, training and pay may limit the supply of specialists best equipped to diagnose and treat children with autism.

A new protocol enables researchers to rigorously test drugs for Angelman syndrome in mice.

In “The Boy Who Loved Too Much,” a woman tries to cocoon her son, who has Williams syndrome, from life’s insults but later realizes her protective instincts carry dangers of their own.

Virtual reality can help typical people experience sensory hypersensitivity and other perceptual differences that autistic individuals describe. Host Ben Kuebrich reports.

Even undiagnosed siblings of children with autism tend to struggle with anxiety, depression and social difficulties.

Theory of mind difficulties are likely to be more central to autism than to attention deficit hyperactive disorder, whereas executive function problems are more often associated with the latter.

Autism and post-traumatic stress disorder share many traits, but the connection between them was largely overlooked until now.

Toddlers with autism show less fear when confronted with something scary than do typical children or those with developmental delay.

The active ingredient in the drug popularly known as ecstasy eases social anxiety in people with autism.

Children with autism are more likely to have both sleep problems and constipation than would be expected based on the prevalence of each of those conditions.