Lauren Walker, left, lead clinical occupational therapist, Charles Carley, center, Mayor of South Brunswick, and Manisha Lad, founder of Akhil Autism Foundation, call over attendees for the grand ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in communication, behavior and the processing of sensory information. Past research has shown that some ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder diagnosed by clinicians and experts through questionnaires, observations, and interviews. Current diagnostic practices focus on social ...

Sensory differences are central to autism, influencing how everyday environments are perceived, experienced, and impacting overall well-being. By designing spaces that respect these differences, we ...

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Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have shed new light on the changes in metabolism that occur between birth and the presentation of autism spectrum disorder (ASD ...

A large–scale international study has identified two contrasting patterns of communication between brain regions in some ...

A recent study published in Nature Neuroscience provides evidence that the biological diversity of autism can be categorized ...

Sensory symptoms are common in autism and may result from differences in sensory processing. The locus coeruleus-norepinephrine (LC-NE) system modulates sensory processing by increasing selectivity to ...

Researchers discover that disrupted neuronal microexons cause a permanent spike in cAMP signaling, driving severe hyperarousal, insomnia, and hyperactivity.