Brain activity patterns in the first year of life may predict autism in infants at high risk for the condition.
Denver, Colorado, is one of at least eight cities considering an Oregon program to decriminalize and improve the treatment of people with severe mental illness -- while saving the city money.
Molecular biologist Jonathan Mill is probing gene expression’s role in autism in uncharted territory — the fetal human brain.
SETD5, a leading candidate for autism risk, may control thousands of genes by modifying a protein involved in packaging DNA.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 7 October.
Songbirds may offer a good model to study language learning in both typical and autistic children, according to a new study.
The U.S. government has injected $1.8 billion into autism research with a potential new focus: adults on the spectrum.
Cardiac activity could reveal autism's physiology and confirm a hunch many clinicians share: that people with autism experience great stress.
Autistic children who lose words reach key milestones earlier than autistic children without language regression.
Heather Cassano's documentary about her autistic brother Brian is a thoughtful and empathetic look at life on the spectrum.
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