Novel autism treatment translates well to South Asian nations
An innovative approach allows families with autism in India or Pakistan to practice communication strategies at home.
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
An innovative approach allows families with autism in India or Pakistan to practice communication strategies at home.
On Wednesday, some 2,200 researchers, clinicians and others from 50 countries will gather in San Francisco, California, for the 2017 International Meeting for Autism Research.
Health officials in Minnesota are scrambling to contain a measles outbreak that has sickened primarily Somali-American children.
After weeks of will-they-or-won’t-they tensions, the House managed to pass its Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act yesterday by a razor-thin margin.
The National Institutes of Health receives a $2 billion boost, politicians who propagate anti-vaccine views are fueling outbreaks, and a new report highlights preventable conditions associated with autism.
People with autism fall in love. They marry. They even (gasp) have sex. Yet these deeply human needs have mostly gone ignored by scientists.
A February study that tied several new genes to autism contained a large statistical error, according to a report from 14 independent researchers; the original team is working on issuing a correction.
Parents in a pilot program reported a significant improvement in their child’s narration and were also surprised to see the difference it made in their ability to communicate with their sons and daughters with autism.
The idea that one residential model is appropriate for the entire spectrum of intellectual and developmental disability is patently absurd.
President Donald Trump’s proposed cut for the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s 2018 budget could stall advances in science for generations.