Researchers in Oregon edit human embryos, prenatal antidepressants may play a role in autism risk, and gut microbiota are associated with early cognition.

Autism and schizophrenia share a long and tangled history. Comparing the social features of the two conditions could lead to better treatments and a deeper understanding of each.

Paternal age drives ‘geek index’ scores, GWAS may have a big weakness, serotonin boosts mouse social behaviors, and what is science Tinder?

A rare condition marked by a sudden and profound loss of skills is biologically distinct from other forms of autism.

Children missing a stretch of DNA on chromosome 16 show worsening motor and social skills in the first eight years of life; those with an extra copy of the region do not show this decline.

Children with autism inherit a greater burden of common genetic variants associated with autism than would be expected by chance. These variants combine with rare, spontaneous mutations to boost autism risk.

Between the ages of 2 and 8, intelligence increases in half of children with autism. In some of these children, intellectual disability gives way to average intelligence.

The idea that one residential model is appropriate for the entire spectrum of intellectual and developmental disability is patently absurd.

A massive new analysis drops the ratio of boys to girls who qualify for an autism diagnosis to about 3-to-1.

A minority of boys with autism have brains that are unusually large relative to their bodies — a trait tied to regression and intellectual disability.