While this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research shows otherwise.

Autistic boy improves after mom's intensive hands-on therapy, but is it a cure? Dec. 16, 2009 — -- At the age of 18 months, Roman Scott was diagnosed with a form of autism. By age 4, he no longer ...

Autism has always been framed as a condition that mostly affects boys. Yet after tracking more than 2.7 million people born between 1985 and 2020, researchers found that while boys are diagnosed far ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects many individuals around the world, but the way it manifests can differ significantly between genders. This disparity often leads to underdiagnosis or late ...

Why is autism often missed in girls and how is new research changing autism diagnosis across genders worldwide?

Autism has historically been viewed as a condition that affects men and boys more frequently than women and girls. But a ...

Concerns about autism have been spotlighted within the larger Make America Healthy Again movement, motivated by a well-founded alarm over the nation’s devastatingly high burden of chronic disease and ...

The Food and Drug Administration plans to approve a new use for the generic drug leucovorin in the coming weeks to treat kids with “cerebral folate deficiency and autistic symptoms,” according to a ...

Stanford Medicine scientists investigating the neurological underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder have found that hyperactivity in a specific brain region could drive behaviors commonly associated ...

From the outside, autism can be difficult to understand. The unique sensory world of an autistic person can mean that a joyful event—like a Christmas party—can become nightmare of noise, lights, ...