Spectrum heads to Chicago to cover the 2019 Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Behavioral skills training helps ensure that people with autism not only understand a new safety skill but are able to perform it accurately.

Most community clinicians do not deliver care that is in line with the latest evidence — and they are not improving over time.

Many first-time sex offenders on the spectrum may not understand the laws they break. How should their crimes be treated?

The 18th annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research has drawn to a close. The conference brought together a diverse set of autism researchers from around the world to share their results, exchange ideas and spark new collaborations. Spectrum’s reporters were there, too, covering many of the presentations. You can catch up on […]

The autism research community is gathering in Montreal, Canada, this week for the meeting of the International Society for Autism Research.

A new network in the Netherlands is focused on problems and solutions specific to autistic girls and women.

Nearly all children who lose their autism diagnosis have other conditions, such as anxiety and language and behavioral disorders.

The popularity of mobile devices offers families the promise of communication with their autistic child, but success is more than a click away.

In the wake of this week’s college admissions cheating scandal, families and advocates are worried about a backlash that could make it harder for students with legitimate disabilities to get the accommodations the need.