New figures for autism prevalence in China point to previous neglect
About 1 in 100 children in China has autism, suggesting the condition is more common in the country than previously thought.
About 1 in 100 children in China has autism, suggesting the condition is more common in the country than previously thought.
A child’s risk of autism is slightly elevated if a parent or sibling has asthma or an autoimmune disease.
Una remota ciudad colombiana es el hogar del grupo más grande de personas con síndrome de X frágil. Los científicos están aprendiendo de ellos y tratando de ayudar.
Children who contract serious infections may have an increased likelihood of being diagnosed with autism.
Autism may be accompanied by high levels of the hormone leptin in early childhood.
About 1 in 40 children in the United States has autism, according to a survey conducted in 2016. Roughly 30 percent of those children were not being treated for the condition at the time.
The rising prevalence of autism is not leveling off, according to a new study that accounts for every diagnosis made in Denmark over 32 years.
Autism results from an interplay between genetics and the environment, but it has been tough to nail down the environmental factors involved.
A remote Colombian town is home to the world’s largest cluster of people with fragile X syndrome. Scientists are learning from them — and trying to help.
The network of researchers keeping tabs on autism prevalence in U.S. children plans to follow up with some of those children in adolescence.