Autism prevalence differs between Latino and white children in part due to structural inequalities within the U.S. education and healthcare systems. Social workers are in a prime position to help.

Dampening overactive brain circuits alleviates social and memory problems in a mouse model of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Most toddlers who screen positive for autism do not receive the recommended referrals for follow-up tests or therapies.

Nearly half of autistic children may show substantial changes in the severity of their autism traits from ages 3 to 6, according to a new study.

Mutations in both copies of a gene called ACTL6B lead to autism, epilepsy and intellectual disability.

Children with autism are more likely than typical children to have had problems falling asleep as infants, and to have shown brain overgrowth.

Children with autism have trouble learning that faces convey information, which may explain their tendency to miss social cues.

One in five autistic people may have synesthesia, a crossing of the senses. Studying synesthesia in autism may deepen our understanding of both conditions.

Brothers and sisters of people with autism are both about two to three times more likely than the general population to have an autistic child themselves.

An infusion of umbilical cord blood does not improve social skills in autistic children, according to results from the largest, most rigorous test of the therapy for autism to date.