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In the largest look ever at autism and bullying, new research shows that children on the spectrum are significantly more likely than other kids to be bullied.

A new study suggests the symptoms of autism in toddlers from a minority background are more significant than those noted in age-equivalent Caucasian children.

It is no secret gender plays a key role in the risk for a variety of childhood developmental disorders. Discussion of this issue is often difficult as biases in how boys and girls are raised and evaluated can contribute to confusion.

UK researchers have discovered that many adults with a severe learning disability fit the definition of autism.

Results of a survey published by Princeton University researchers suggest that a family history of psychiatric conditions, such as autism and depression, could influence the subjects a person finds engaging.

Autism, like other complex neuronal disorders, is usually attributable to the interaction of multiple genetic and environmental factors that have been extremely difficult to tease apart.

Sophie Robert and her film "Le Mur'' have been the targets of criticism from both the analysts who appear in the film and from within the country's psychoanalytic establishment.

Here we go again - facilitated communication (FC) rears its pseudoscientific head again, and (surprise) the HuffPo publishes a completely uncritical article.

Teaching young children with autism to imitate others may improve a broader range of social skills, according to a new study by a Michigan State University scholar.

Although several disorders with autism-like symptoms, such as the rare Fragile X syndrome can be traced to a single specific mutation, the majority of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) incidents, however, are caused by several genetic mutations.