Lilia Iakoucheva spends her days running outdoors and solving the molecular complexities of autism, sometimes at the same time.

Parents of children with rare autism-linked mutations are banding together for support and to join forces with scientists, accelerating the pace of research.

A much-touted behavioral therapy for autism, the Early Start Denver Model, may not be as effective as its creators had hoped.

Autism doesn’t just affect boys and men, but research on the condition still predominantly focuses on them. Some scientists are finally beginning to include women and nonbinary people in their studies.

For students and early-career investigators, opportunities to meet and talk with the people they are trying to help underscores why the work matters.

Traits associated with autism and gender variance may co-occur even among typical children — a finding that may ease some of the skepticism about the overlap.

Coaching caregivers in early-intervention strategies may be the most effective way to help young autistic children in South Africa.

Autistic children from low-income families are undercounted and underserved, a gap community leaders are working to bridge.

Each year, dozens of families in Illinois give up custody of their children to help them get mental-health services.

Some autism traits look the same across cultures, and they could form the basis of a global screening tool.