Some restricted and repetitive behaviors may have hidden benefits for people with autism, so scientists should work to find a happy medium between acceptance and change.

Delayed activation of brain areas governing speech could contribute to the language difficulties some people with autism experience.

People with autism show excessively synchronized activity between brain regions while conversing with others.

An infusion of estrogen increases activity in the brains of male zebra finches when they hear their own or others’ songs.

Researchers have defined a new syndrome that results from carrying two mutated copies of CNTNAP2, a gene linked to autism.

A variant in a gene that regulates immune responses is more common in children with autism than in those without this disorder.

Researchers are creating guidelines that would help doctors choose and customize autism treatments.

Springer pulled 64 studies over faked peer reviews, and positive clinical trial results are hard to find.

A region of the brain involved in interpreting social cues is unusually smooth in boys and men with autism, but normal in girls and women with the disorder.

Difficulty processing sound distinguishes children with autism from those with sensory processing disorder, a catch-all label for sensory abnormalities, according to a new study. The results suggest that among children with sensory problems, the exact nature of the sensory problem determines the diagnosis.