Mice missing an autism gene called SHANK3 tend to be hypersensitive to touch, which may stem from underactivity of neurons that normally dampen sensory responses.

As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts researchers’ working lives, the academic journals that publish their work are adjusting too.

Autism prevalence in the United States continues to rise, according to a new study of 8-year-old children in 11 states. Boys are 4.3 times as likely as girls are to have autism, a ratio that is consistent with previous estimates.

Researchers are using machine learning to improve diagnostic predictions of autism, create interactive support robots, and more.

Following a series of scandals in the United Kingdom over people with autism being held against their will and mistreated in hospitals, a watchdog group has issued a legal challenge to the government.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 16 March.

Autistic infants as young as 6 months display subtle signs of the condition, according to a study of visual attention.

Even as a small child, geneticist Elise Robinson wondered why people think the way they do. Today, that question informs much of her autism research.