A novel method to evaluate the strength of the evidence linking autism to specific genes could reveal which ones are most useful to screen for.

The coronavirus pandemic forced researchers and clinicians to find new ways to assess children for autism — many of which will almost certainly endure.

Blood levels of PTEN protein and associated molecules could eventually help diagnose autism and other neurological conditions — and predict their outcomes.

Researchers expand on the already enormous progress made on the Human Proteome Project

Babies who are later diagnosed with autism have a sluggish brain response to sound on a universal newborn hearing screen.

Autistic children’s traits track with subtle, autism-like behaviors in their mothers; women with these traits may also carry a genetic predisposition to the condition.

A new survey shows that children with autism or other developmental disabilities in the United States are at least twice as likely to have asthma as their neurotypical peers are.