The prevalence of autism in the United States remained relatively stable from 2014 to 2016, according to a new analysis.

Autism prevalence plateaued for the years 2014 to 2016, a review finds no evidence that herbal therapies for autism work, and a panel of four proteins in blood may distinguish children with autism.

Many African children with autism are hidden away at home — sometimes tied up, almost always undiagnosed. Efforts to bring the condition into the open are only just beginning.

Cultural barriers lead clinicians to misdiagnose or miss children with autism in immigrant communities.

Even short programs with a focus on mental health can train community health workers to help children with autism in Ethiopia and elsewhere.

Children with ‘severe autism’ are the most in need of help, yet the most overlooked in research. A new initiative is making them the primary focus.

Children with autism who were born late tend to also have intellectual disability.

Taking prenatal multivitamins may reduce the risk of having a child who has autism with intellectual disability, another vaccine-autism link study is being retracted, and schizophrenia sometimes accompanies autism.

Children who have an older sister with autism are more likely to also have the condition than those who have an older brother on the spectrum.

Three studies suggest that clinicians need a more finely tuned screen for children younger than 20 months.