Boys and girls with autism get virtually identical scores on three commonly used diagnostic tests, suggesting that sex doesn’t affect the scores.

Two drugs that alter the activity of the hormone vasopressin seem to improve social communication in autistic people, but some experts question the findings.

Some children diagnosed with autism by age 2 show unusual responses to sights, sounds and textures as infants.

Children who have repetitive behaviors, a core autism trait, may show particular patterns of brain activity as early as 1 year of age.

The first monkey with a mutation in SHANK3, a top autism gene, is nearly 3; it spends its days circling its cage rather than interacting with other monkeys.

Traits linked to autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder tend to co-occur even in adulthood.

An electrical brain implant all but erased the obsessions that had consumed Becky Audette, years after her autism diagnosis. Could similar implants help other people with severe autism?

Difficulties with social communication appear to wane as toddlers with autism mature into young adults, perhaps due in large part to improvements in language ability.

David and Bernardo Sabatini, brothers born just a year and a half year apart, invent their way to answering big questions about autism.

The brain’s system for sensing pleasure and reward shows unusual activation patterns and an atypical structure in people with autism.