Parents of girls with autism are significantly less likely than those of boys with the condition to voice concerns about their child’s social behavior.

More than one-third of the spontaneous mutations linked to autism crop up in genomic segments that do not code for genes.

The biggest bank of brain scans from people with autism just doubled in size, boosting the odds of spotting a signal in the noisy data.

A widely used screening tool is equally effective at detecting autism symptoms in both black and white toddlers, but misses girls of either race.

The mutation that leads to Angelman syndrome may affect the brains of female mice more severely than those of male mice.