By age 20 diagnosis rates for men and women almost equal, research finds, challenging assumptions of gender discrepancy ...

Whenever a new autism prevalence study is reported by the US Centers for Disease Control, autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are said to be on the rise—as of now, 1:59 (or 1.7 percent) of school-aged ...

When people hear the word autism, it’s often associated with a specific set of traits. But in reality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is just that—a spectrum, encompassing a broad range of differences ...

Since 2013, when the DSM-5 collapsed five autism subtypes into the single diagnosis of "autism spectrum disorder (ASD)," we've treated autism like a monolith. Maybe that made sense when our tools were ...

Early diagnosis of autism is crucial, research shows. A growing number of children in the United States are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder according to a report released Thursday by the ...

Autism has long been viewed as a condition that predominantly affects male individuals, but a study from Sweden published by ...

According to a Rutgers study published earlier this year, autism rates in the US have increased some 500% over the past 16 years. But is the rise in autism really the result of better screening, or ...

New numbers show that autism affects one in 59 children. More children are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...