Children with autism have trouble relying on past experiences to gauge how long things typically take.

Individuals with autism have trouble reading social cues because their brains connect sights and sounds over unusually long periods of time.

Some children are highly sensitive to sound, sight or touch, whereas others seem almost numb. Exploring the differences may offer insights into autism.

People with autism may use visual areas of the brain to process sounds, which could help explain why they have trouble with this task.

Restaurants can be stressful for my daughter Frances, who has autism, but her difficulties led me to try to better understand and treat her type of situational anxiety.

The brain’s sound-processing machinery may mature slowly in children with autism.

Delayed activation of brain areas governing speech could contribute to the language difficulties some people with autism experience.

Difficulty processing sound distinguishes children with autism from those with sensory processing disorder, a catch-all label for sensory abnormalities, according to a new study. The results suggest that among children with sensory problems, the exact nature of the sensory problem determines the diagnosis.

Some people with autism can tolerate extreme heat, cold or pressure and seem relatively insensitive to pain. Paradoxically, they may experience intense pain from idiosyncratic sources but struggle to communicate it.

Rushed doctors and lack of culturally appropriate screening tools are boosting autism diagnoses in India.