Signs & Symptoms

Adults with autism are more than twice as likely as neurotypical people to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.

Children born with high blood levels of vitamin D have 25 percent decreased odds of autism compared with those born with low levels.

Autistic people who carry mutations in a gene called PTEN have distinct behavioral and motor problems.

Children with autism are about twice as likely as their typical peers to experience chronic or repeated pain.

At least one in three autistic children has significant movement difficulties, according to a large study.

Children who are born with mild heart problems are more likely to be autistic than their typical peers are.

An experimental drug tamps down the expression of a gene duplicated in an autism-related condition and restores typical behavior in mice.