Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) often lose access to specialized ...

A new study proposes that autism arises when genetic vulnerability, an early environmental trigger, and prolonged activation of the cellular stress response align during critical developmental windows ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social ...

Rosalind Franklin University neuroscientist Joanna Dabrowska, PhD, PharmD, has been granted $1,733,330 as the university's ...

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Israeli scientists say that women with persistent thyroid hormone imbalance during their pregnancy may be at an increased ...

Poorly controlled thyroid disease with persistent imbalance across trimesters is associated with an increased risk for autism ...

Some children once thought to have autism spectrum disorder were later found to have other conditions or were misdiagnosed, new research finds. Nathan Mort, a 37-year-old with autism, is part of a ...

In Alaska, where routine medical care may be one airplane flight away, misinformation isn’t just inconvenient, it is dangerous.