Recently I reviewed Temple Grandin’s new book, The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, for the New York Journal of Books. Dr. Grandin is the world’s most famous high–functioning autistic ...

Autism's reduced Default Mode Network may limit self-critique, increasing unique abilities. Neurotypicals can adopt autistic ...

Children with autism have larger brains and more neurons for their age than is normal, results of a small preliminary study indicate. Postmortem examinations from seven boys with autism revealed that ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a neurodevelopmental condition, is often associated with difficulties in social communication and repetitive behavior. Previous research reveals that people with ASD ...

A little-known hormone that's key for socialization could have links to autism, a study suggests. Social difficulties like making friends and interpreting conversational cues are some of the most tell ...

The researchers also discovered that the longer the thyroid problems lasted, the higher the likelihood of autism became. For example, children whose mothers had low thyroid hormone levels through all ...

Out-of-balance thyroid hormones during pregnancy can elevate the risk of autism in children, especially if there's pre-pregnancy dysfunction. Proper management can mitigate this risk, emphasizing the ...