Scientists may have uncovered a link between the risk of autism in children and fatty acids in umbilical cord blood, but one Yale professor told Newsweek more work needs to be done in the area. To ...

Prior research has shown that people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience difficulties recognizing faces and even emotional responses. This, many speculate, is what leads individuals ...

All scientific studies tell a story. Sometimes the story is very clear, and sometimes it’s hard to find. A new autism epidemiology paper in JAMA, “Autism Diagnosis Among U.S. Children and Adults, 2011 ...

Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center, New ...