To understand another person’s point of view, children with autism may need to actively suppress their own.

Parents may speak to their autistic children using fewer words and less complex sentences than do parents of typical children, which in turn shapes the children’s language skills.

Autism and schizophrenia co-occur significantly more often than would be expected by chance, according to an analysis of nearly 2 million people.

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.

An autonomous robotic ‘rat’ may offer novel insights into the social responses of its warm-blooded counterparts.

Rhesus macaques that are drawn to other monkeys’ faces in videos also tend to be highly social with their peers.

Fever in pregnant rats around the time of delivery disrupts their pups’ communication and social behavior.

Virtual reality can help typical people experience sensory hypersensitivity and other perceptual differences that autistic individuals describe. Host Ben Kuebrich reports.

Researchers and autistic artists exploring virtual reality to study, treat and simulate autism traits.

Watch the complete replay of Stelios Georgiades discussing a model for predicting trajectories in children with autism.