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

Stephen Shore, an autistic professor of special education at Adelphi University, has said: “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” This quote is popular in the ...

Mixed autism with developmental delay: Roughly 19 percent showed early developmental delays but few signs of anxiety, ...

ElliQ is an empathetic care companion designed for older adults aging independently at home. (Image courtesy of Intuition Robotics) A large-scale longitudinal study published in The Gerontologist has ...

In a recent study published in JAMA Network Open, a group of researchers investigated the association between maternal autistic traits and the risk of adverse birth outcomes in the general population.

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated whether autistic characteristics affected the strength of color-shape associations (CSAs) based on the binding errors (BEs) ...

Gut microbiome differences may shape autism traits, with beneficial bacteria linked to better gut health, lower inflammation, ...

When it comes to attraction, the eyes often tell the story. But what happens when the gaze itself tells us something deeper—about how people perceive and evaluate faces differently based on their ...

Due to researchers' increasing attention and interest in exploring neurodivergence, there is a constant influx of new information pertaining to the commonalities between autism and eating disorders.