It’s common for children with autism to take more than one medication to improve symptoms, despite the dearth of information about the drugs’ long-term safety, according to two new studies.
Autism researchers disagree on what genetic information or clinical services they should offer participants after a study ends.
Resource-poor countries need better safeguards for doing ethical studies, says a new study published 3 January in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Despite improved opportunities for women in science over the past few decades, new evidence confirms that real bias still exists. How would you fix it?
There’s little rigorous evidence on whether animals help people with autism become more sociable, or which people with the disorder might benefit the most.
The French documentary Le Mur (The Wall) shows that many psychoanalysts in France shun biological explanations for autism.
Adolescents with autism may not use abstract reasoning to understand why certain acts are wrong, but they know the difference between a moral transgression and a social blunder.
A new study finds that Dutch children picked up by the police for minor offenses score higher than controls on a questionnaire measuring traits of autism.
Women scientists did much of the important early work in the field of autism, but they still struggle with lower salaries, more teaching responsibilities in their institutions and fewer opportunities to head up large, multi-center collaborations.