Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a ...

An autism expert sparks fierce debate over whether the spectrum has grown too broad, leading to misdiagnosis in children and ...

This article is authored by Nandini Chatterjee Singh.

The clinical intersection of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and psychosis in young people constitutes one of the most complex ...

They also face more disadvantages in multiple social determinants of health such as poverty, food hardship, and lead exposure.

Researchers have uncovered a surprising molecular chain reaction in the brain that may play a role in some forms of autism.

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

The Lurie Autism Institute presented its $100,000 award to Huda Zoghbi, a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine and the director of the Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s ...

Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.