Efforts to ease the symptoms of autism are beginning to ramp up, with promising candidates in various stages of testing.
Nine U.S. clinics are pooling their data to create a registry of people who have an extra copy of a region on chromosome 15 called 15q11-13, a genetic abnormality often found in people with autism.
A drug that has shown promise for treating fragile X syndrome may ease features of another condition associated with autism.
The longer a child receives applied behavioral analysis, the greater her gains in language, daily living and other skills.
Academic and social support can help students with autism thrive in institutions of higher education.
Children with ‘severe autism’ are the most in need of help, yet the most overlooked in research. A new initiative is making them the primary focus.
Watch the complete replay of Connie Kasari’s webinar on the efficacy of autism therapies.
Delivering a fragment of the Rett syndrome gene MECP2 into neurons eases features of the syndrome in a mouse model.
Scores of parents abandon mainstream autism treatments to pursue Son-Rise, an intense, expensive — and unproven — behavioral therapy.
Some drugs used to treat epilepsy may harm children who are exposed to them in the womb or through breast milk.
Music therapy does not alleviate autism features, according to a large international study.
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