Higher perceptual capacity in autism can be both strength and challenge
People with autism may have a higher perceptual capacity, which means that they are able to process more information at once than their typical peers.
People with autism may have a higher perceptual capacity, which means that they are able to process more information at once than their typical peers.
The reasons some people with autism don’t make eye contact may differ between childhood and adulthood.
A new questionnaire reveals the frequency and impact of sensory sensitivities in children with autism.
People with autism who have painful digestive issues or difficulties inhibiting their impulses are particularly prone to hurting themselves.
Children whose parents have a condition such as autism tend to have severe restricted interests and repetitive behaviors, even if they don’t have a diagnosis themselves.
Conventional wisdom holds that people with autism don’t get hooked on alcohol or other drugs, but new evidence suggests otherwise.
British scientists anxiously await their country’s departure from the European Union, President Trump’s views on vaccines may fuel a dangerous movement, and an ethicist helps keep gene-editing research in line.
The faster the brains of children with autism grow in their first year of life, the more severe their autism features are likely to be at age 2.
Watch the complete replay of Geoff Bird’s webinar on the similarities and differences between autism and alexithymia.
SHANK3, a leading candidate gene for autism, helps sensory neurons in mice respond to pain.