This sweet story behind optogenetics will inspire you, and autism experts swarm Salt Lake City.

On Friday, 15 May SFARI.org hosted a Twitter Q&A chat live from the floors of the 2015 International Meeting for Autism Research in Salt Lake City, Utah.

A sexist peer review sparks a Twitter firestorm, and business is booming for some firms that employ people with autism.

With billions of dollars in hand, a novel initiative is funding projects that involve people with disorders and their caregivers from the outset.

A study on abnormal personal pronoun use among deaf children with autism raises questions about the essence of ‘self.’ But do differences in how we refer to ourselves suggest unique internal experiences?

Peer review panels really can suss out good science, and clinical trials could get extremely personal.

Newt Gingrich wants to double spending on medical research, and Chinese researchers highlight the hazards of editing human genomes.

A new method for labeling cell lines and checking their quality could improve the validity of study results.

Trials to test drugs for autism suffer from subjective measurements and placebo effects. Helen Tager-Flusberg outlines how to ferret out the true effects of potential autism therapies.

A panel of genes expressed in blood may identify toddlers who will later be diagnosed with autism.