Some autistic children don’t show traits of the condition until age 5 or later.

New and improved autism screens and diagnostic tools promise to streamline the long path to an autism diagnosis.

A recalibrated version of a widely used test for autism may accurately reflect autistic children’s development as they grow and become verbal.

Two novel algorithms that analyze where a child looks as she views a video could help clinicians spot autism.

A new study suggests that its results could lead to a simple test for autism, but statisticians say the test could not be used to screen for the condition in the general population.

The California-based company’s phone application for autism diagnosis is not as far along as initial reports suggested.

From an app to diagnose autism to a crowdsourced project to map its prevalence, Dennis Wall is brimming with ambitious ideas. But his execution of these ideas leaves something to be desired, his critics say.

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

People with mutations in SHANK3 have milder features than do those missing a chunk of DNA that includes the gene.