A new study suggests rapid evolution of widespread neurons in humans may explain higher autism prevalence, showing natural selection enhanced intelligence but increased neurodevelopmental disorder ...

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

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

With the calendar flipping to 2026 this week, the expansion of Medicaid services for autism therapy is at a standstill, and ...

Actor Nam Bo-ra showed affection for her younger brother with developmental disabilities.On the 2nd, a video of 'Wiracle' ...

DC pipe-bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. is on the spectrum and has obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), his attorneys revealed in ...

Mental illness is often described in abstract terms, but is rooted in the brain. A study reveals that genes influencing ...

A federal judge declined Tuesday to make an immediate decision about whether the suspected 2021 Washington, DC, pipe bomber, Brian Cole Jr., will be held in jail as he awaits trial.

Nadia Sawalha shared her heartbreak following the death of her friend after fighting to reverse a block on a cancer drug that ...

When Heather Povinelli was in teacher training while in college, there was a moment she believed her dwarfism would thwart ...