Children with autism are about twice as likely as their typical peers to experience chronic or repeated pain.

Autism is unusually common among people with congenital blindness, in part because the ability to see drives much of brain development.

Mice lacking one copy of a gene called DDX3X have developmental delay and sensory, motor and behavioral problems — similar to those seen in people with a mutation in the gene.

Loss of certain neurons on one side of the brain may explain why some autistic people are hypersensitive to touch.

Cardiac activity could reveal autism’s physiology and confirm a hunch many clinicians share: that people with autism experience great stress.

Like their neurotypical peers, autistic children like to eat macaroni and cheese, chicken nuggets, French fries and hot dogs, but their list of favorites holds some surprises.

An experimental drug that muffles the activity of neurons in the skin moderates heightened reactions to touch in six mouse models of autism.

Separating sensitivity to sensory stimuli from the response to the stimuli may help scientists understand the root cause of sensory traits in autistic people.

The brains of some autistic children may not adapt to repeated touch or sound, even after several minutes.

A new method restores blood flow and some functions in pig brains four hours after the animals have died.