For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age ...

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

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

Readers weigh in on the challenges of defining and diagnosing the condition. To the Editor: Re “In New Focus on Autism, Some Worry the Spectrum Is Too Broad” (front page, Oct. 5): One thing’s for ...

Although most people most commonly think of autism as a neurological and developmental condition, it is also linked to a range of physical health conditions. The reasons why autism is associated with ...

Amanda Knox, the 23-year-old American college student who was convicted of sexually assaulting and killing her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007, allegedly after an orgy gone wrong, got ...

Mumbai: Jiya Rai (17), an Indian para swimmer with Autism Spectrum Disorder and the daughter of an Indian Navy sailor posted ...