A common autism screening tool misses more than 70 percent of autistic toddlers but flags more than 80 percent of non-autistic toddlers who have intellectual disability.

Shared sketch books chart a father-daughter relationship over time and provide a valuable outlet for self-regulating emotions.

Nearly all genes with moderate to strong ties to autism are expressed in the developing amygdala; a few show altered expression in the amygdalae of autistic people.

Intellectually or developmentally disabled group-home residents are dying from COVID-19 at twice the rate of all New Yorkers with the virus.

Having an autistic brother or sister can pose challenges, but it can also make children patient, empathetic and resilient.

The autism gene SHANK3 is crucial for the development and function of muscles and the motor neurons that control them.

Doctors and scientists should consider sleep problems an integral part of autism and begin to study them in more rigorous ways.

The amygdala has long been a focus of autism research. But its exact role in the condition has been unclear.

With pandemic restrictions lifting, many researchers are cautiously returning to work.

Autistic people tend to have trouble shifting their gaze to take in all the details of a scene.