A new tool may be more useful than the current gold standard for assessing whether an autism treatment improves social communication.

Flagship National Institutes of Health hospital undergoes a staff shake-up, scientists criticize an essay by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and a supermarket offers silent shopping hours.

Partnering with families affected by autism may make research more relevant, fun and likely to succeed.

Partnering with families and teachers is the only way to make autism interventions work in the community.

Growing up with a brother or sister on the spectrum motivates some young people to devote their careers to investigating autism.

An autism drug can cause compulsion problems, embryos survive a record 13 days in culture, and the results from some clinical trials languish for too long.

Apple promotes autism awareness month (and the iPad), a new tool can keep meta-analyses in check, and one woman makes it her mission to give female scientists their due credit.

Researchers get bold on autism screening, talking to reporters about science shouldn’t be scary, and parents are divided on gene-editing ethics.

Watch the complete replay of Sébastien Jacquemont discussing cognitive, behavioral and neural changes underlying the link between genes and conditions such as autism.

Finding biomarkers for different forms of autism may lead to more effective treatments for each.