Jill Escher is on a mission to spur research into how chemicals in the environment may influence risk for autism.

A single species of bacteria reverses autism-like features in mice exposed to a high-fat diet in utero — but researchers question the findings’ relevance to people.

Pregnant women with elevated levels of certain immune molecules are at increased risk of having a child with both autism and intellectual disability.

Mini-brains grown from stem cells in culture can reveal the effects of both autism and the Zika virus on early development.

Clinicians can use play to deliver therapies that could improve a child’s social skills, language and certain cognitive capacities.

High levels of an inflammatory protein in pregnant women may lower the risk of autism in their children.

Researchers, advocates and others from the autism community came together for the 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research in Baltimore.

Scientists give their perspectives on work presented at the 2016 International Meeting for Autism Research.

Flagship National Institutes of Health hospital undergoes a staff shake-up, scientists criticize an essay by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and a supermarket offers silent shopping hours.

Minority families often miss out on treatment or get left out of research — an ethical failure. New projects are illuminating autism’s diverse shades.