autism spectrum disorder
Are we close to a simple blood test for autism?
A new study suggests that its results could lead to a simple test for some children with autism, but statisticians ...
Diagnosing autism: Proposed revision of global diagnostic manual raises concerns
The proposed new version of the global manual for diagnosing medical conditions gets many things right about autism — but ...
Family ties: Searching for autism origins in the genes of unaffected siblings
Scientists have historically focused on studying a “quartet” of two biological parents and two autistic children. Yet more recent research ...
Why autism looks so different in girls
Girls tend to be diagnosed with autism later in life than boys--often after being misdiagnosed with something else first. Why ...