Autism has long been known as a spectrum, signifying a wide range of symptoms and severity. Now, new research suggests that ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

For decades, autism has been described as a spectrum - an elastic term that stretches from nonverbal children to adults with ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

The unsatisfying answer to this question is that scientists still don’t fully grasp what leads to autism. Rather than a single gene or lifestyle trend, autism is the result of complex interactions ...