A website called GeneMatcher has helped researchers identify a new gene for intellectual disability, developmental delay and autism.

The prevalence of autism among school-aged children in Qatar is higher than the worldwide average.

A panel of autism scientists and advocates is charged with a tall order: making recommendations for the care of autistic people worldwide.

A national survey that estimates autism prevalence includes too few black families to yield accurate data for that demographic.

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

The gaze of children as young as 16 months old may help predict whether they have autism and reveal finer-grained details, such as their verbal and social abilities.

A new network in the Netherlands is focused on problems and solutions specific to autistic girls and women.

The fight between those who define autism as a medical condition and those who see it as a mere difference has reached vitriolic levels. Can the two sides come together to support all autistic people?

The prevalence of autism in 4-year-old children in the United States increased to match a previously reported rise in 8-year-old children, but children are still being evaluated later than is ideal.

Parents of children with rare autism-linked mutations are banding together for support and to join forces with scientists, accelerating the pace of research.