A drug originally developed to treat Alzheimer's disease may also help teenagers with autism improve their communication skills, according to a new study.The drug, called memantine (sold under the ...

Molly Siobhan Parker is on a quest to dispel myths around autism - especially autistic women. She was diagnosed at the age of ...

Castlebar has taken another significant step on its journey to becoming an Autism Friendly Town with the installation of communication boards in three popular playgrounds across the town.

Spanish researchers from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and Parc Taulí University Hospital have developed a mobile application, TEAppAutism, that aims to address the needs of people with autism ...

Researchers tracking dozens of US teenagers with autism, have found that over half of those who took the drug saw an ...

Educators play a huge role in helping to mitigate the difficulties autistic children encounter in a school setting ...

A 2024 study in the JAMA Network Open revealed a 452 per cent increase in autism diagnoses in adults aged 26 to 32 from 2011 to 2022, while other studies suggest that there's an overlap with disorders ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects communication, social interaction, and behavior, and can be diagnosed as early as 18 months, and educators can use a variety of ...

The results challenge a long-held assumption that autism has a unified underlying cause. In the unitary model, genetic ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is estimated to be experienced by roughly 1 in 127 ...

The increase in autism diagnoses reflects improved awareness, inclusive definitions, and a shift towards rights-based support ...