Being bullied puts adolescents with autism at increased risk of suicide. Identifying and preventing bullying may help prevent suicides.

A new treatment curbs deadly seizures in a mouse model of Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy.

Plugging a leaky mitochondrial membrane may help fragile X neurons to mature and function more efficiently.

Interviews with autistic people reveal that many miss their friends and opportunities for social connection, in stark contrast to orthodox views that they have little social motivation and prefer a life of self-isolation.

Autistic people and their families are increasingly experimenting with marijuana to try to ease problems such as insomnia, epilepsy and chronic pain — and traits of autism. But there is little evidence for its safety or effectiveness.

Contrary to previous results, the blood pressure drug did not uniformly improve autism traits in a new clinical trial.

An experimental drug silences a DNA segment and seems to prevent seizures and death in a condition related to autism.

A growing number of studies are revealing circuits that may underlie social challenges in autism — and how to fine-tune them.

Most people with autism have motor difficulties, ranging from an atypical gait to problems with handwriting, but researchers still have much to learn about their causes and consequences.

Grouping autistic people based on their social abilities may reveal subtypes of the condition.