Children with autism and ADHD often have additional mental health conditions
The dual diagnosis frequently co-occurs with anxiety, depression and developmental and language delays.
The dual diagnosis frequently co-occurs with anxiety, depression and developmental and language delays.
In this edition of Null and Noteworthy, researchers replicate encouraging findings on autism and aging and shoot down a host of potential links between pregnancy complications and having a child with autism.
As 2021 comes to a close, Spectrum recaps some of the biggest trends in autism science this year: studies of sex differences, noncoding regions of the genome and points of convergence, as well as efforts to improve screening and participatory research.
Deleting a copy of the gene TBX1 depletes the fatty myelin insulation that surrounds neurons and reduces cognitive speed in mice.
An atypical thalamus may underlie not only sensory issues in autism but also difficulties with social skills, attention and memory.
The app relies on artificial intelligence and could help researchers standardize studies of pupil differences in autistic people and in mouse models of autism.
Autistic boys and men are less attuned to social stimuli than autistic girls and women are, according to new unpublished work.
Researchers are studying how the intense passions of autistic people shape the brain, improve well-being and enhance learning.
So-called ‘baby sibs’ watch adults’ faces just as much as children without autistic siblings do, but they don’t understand spoken language as well.
A new eye-tracking program for VR headsets captures nuanced aspects of social attention in autistic people.