Two new parent questionnaires could help clinicians identify autism in babies and in members of racial or ethnic minority groups.

The latest manual of international disease codes is out, a franchise claims to have an autism cure, and two reports diverge on the validity of the social-motivation hypothesis.

Young people with autism have more psychiatric and medical conditions than do their typical peers or those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

More boys than girls have autism; diagnostic biases and genetic factors may explain the skewed sex ratio.

Girls with an autism diagnosis have more severe impairments in social communication than boys with the diagnosis.

A widely used test for autism misses some children with delays in motor, social and communication skills.