Like so many other events this year, autism’s biggest annual conference — the International Society for Autism Research meeting — was forced to go virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Autistic girls’ brains respond more strongly to social stimuli than do autistic boys’.

Brothers and sisters of people with autism are both about two to three times more likely than the general population to have an autistic child themselves.

Three widely used tests for assessing autism can accurately measure trait severity in girls and boys.

Brain imaging data reveal sex differences in regions linked to social contact.

Isolated from their peers, some autistic men get drawn into extremist views — and, in rare cases, violence — associated with online groups for ‘celibates.’

Emotion control eludes more girls than boys with autism, according to a new study of young people hospitalized for psychiatric issues.

The coronavirus lockdown has radically disrupted autistic people’s schedules and access to services, according to a new survey.

Autistic children and adults report having poor physical and mental health and quality of life compared with the general population.

Too few students with autism or intellectual disabilities have sex education. That omission may prevent them from forming fulfilling romantic relationships, and it may make them targets of abuse.