Additionally, autism is associated with various symptoms, including repetitive behaviors and social difficulties.” Sofronia Ringold, a doctoral student at the Brain and Creativity Institute who ...

Females with high functioning autism may internalize and mask their symptoms, leaving them without the right support. Colloquially known as autism, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group ...

Scientists at Wenzhou Medical University and Xiamen University have shown how autism symptoms in mice arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium. The results of ...

There's also an overlap of symptoms between various disorders like ADHD and OCD that can complicate an autism diagnosis due to difficulties with nonverbal social cues or executive functions like ...

The behavioral symptoms seen in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) might be shaped by the gut, as well as the brain. A new study from the University of Southern California (USC), published in Nature ...

But, even now, half of the world’s population is still being overlooked when it comes to the understanding of symptoms and the ... the general understanding of autism is skewed towards its ...

"Children with autism often struggle to engage with peers or pick up on social cues," says Touroni. "They might prefer playing alone and find it difficult to grasp the unwritten rules of conversation, ...