autism
Viewpoint: Do pesticides boost autism risk? New report says ‘possibly’ but correlations are ‘weak’ and ‘misleading’
Recently a study titled “Prenatal and infant exposure to ambient pesticides and autism spectrum disorder in children: population based case-control study” ...
Low intelligence in autistic children predicts ‘poor life skills and challenging behavior’
Without timely intervention, intellectual disability in autistic children can worsen over time, contributing to poor life skills and challenging behavior, ...
Viewpoint: Autism research is leaving girls behind
Evidence that clinicians are missing girls with autism has been building for years. Because autistic girls tend to exhibit different traits than ...
Hypersensitivity, hearing problems could lead to early autism diagnosis
Many individuals with autism have hearing problems. In fact, Leo Kanner included this trait in his original description of autism. The type ...
Exploring the maleness of autism and how it shapes the empathy of autistic people
Those with autism shift towards masculine brain functions ...
Latest results for once-promising behavioral therapy for autism called ‘extremely disappointing’
A much-touted behavioral therapy for autism, the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), may not be as effective as its creators ...
Autism often accompanied by ADHD, anxiety and other conditions
Behavioral conditions such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) crop up in about one in three autistic people within 15 ...
Amidst measles outbreaks, ‘massive’ new study proves again that vaccines don’t cause autism
A massive new study from Denmark found no association between being vaccinated against measles, mumps, and rubella and developing autism. In science ...
New blood test for autism criticized as ‘not appropriate’ for clinical use
Doctors can now order a blood test that its makers say may help flag autism, but experts say the test ...
Autism or OCD? Why it can be challenging to tell the difference
At first glance, autism and OCD appear to have little in common. Yet clinicians and researchers have found an overlap ...
Drugs developed as cancer treatments show promise against autism
An experimental compound that blocks two enzymes involved in gene expression improves social behavior in young mice, according to a ...
Popular autism ‘signaling imbalance theory’ challenged, suggesting new drugs ‘may have little value’
An analysis of four mouse models negates certain assumptions underlying the “signaling imbalance theory,” a popular hypothesis about autism’s origins ...
Genetic study sheds light on heritability of autism risk
A new analysis of DNA from more than 20,000 people with autism identifies 12 regions in the genome that harbor ...
Searching for autism clues in the placenta
Activation of a mother’s immune system during pregnancy can increase the risk of autism in her child. New clues to ...
Demand surges for genetic autism testing in Europe
In France, some two-thirds of autistic children receive some kind of genetic test, paid for by the national health service ...
Autism linked to the nerves that regulate heart rate
The part of the nervous system that regulates heart rate and breathing is involved in autism, a new study suggests ...
Genetic tests for autistic people could ‘substantially alter the course of treatments’
Almost as soon as James was born in April 2003, it was clear that he was not well. When he ...
Examining the link between autism and gender noncomformity
Traits associated with autism and gender variance co-occur even among typical children, a new study suggests. The finding may ease ...
Autism, attention deficit disorder share ‘significant’ genetic links, sibling study shows
Children who have an older sibling with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are at an increased risk of having autism, ...
Understanding the ‘little brain’ could be key to treating autism, addiction
For about two centuries the scientific community believed the cerebellum (Latin for “little brain”), which contains approximately half of the ...
Autism and depression: Study shows why ‘gold standard treatment’ sometimes fails
The 'gold standard' therapy does not always work and can lead to a worsening of symptoms ...
Using stem cells to trace autism’s development to earliest days of pregnancy
Figuring out how autism starts is complicated. … [A] large international team obtained skin cells from eight autistic people and ...
Mapping autism’s genetic origins through massive analysis offers new research tool
The largest genetic analysis of postmortem brain tissue to date has yielded maps of when and where genes are turned ...
Why post-traumatic stress disorder in children can be diagnosed as autism
All I knew at first was that Jeremy’s mother wanted her son assessed for autism. The boy had been a ...
Key to treating autism could be hiding in the gut
Autism affects people’s social behaviour and communication, and may impair their ability to learn things. All this is well known. Less ...
How autistic children overcome the challenge of understanding how others view the world
To understand another person’s point of view, children with autism need to actively suppress their own, a new study suggests ...
Delayed diagnosis? In some children, autism traits become ‘significantly more pronounced over time’
Some autistic children don’t show traits of the condition until age 5 or later, new research suggests. Others show a ...
