New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Key Takeaways Severe autism, or level 3 autism spectrum disorder, describes individuals with the highest support needs on the autism spectrum.People with level 3 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The researchers investigated whether saccades and fixation could predict differences between children with ASD ...

For decades, autism has been described as a spectrum - an elastic term that stretches from nonverbal children to adults with ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

New research suggests that the way brain networks reorganize moment-to-moment predicts autism severity. Children who spent ...

A recent interview with Caragh McMurtry, 1 an ex-Olympic rower from the UK, revealed that she was diagnosed with autism after living with a misdiagnosis of bipolar disorder for five years. In the ...

How gut microbial imbalances may contribute to ASD severity and highlights potential therapies like probiotics and fecal microbiota transplantation to alleviate symptoms. Study: The ...