Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Study reveals rapid evolution of common brain neurons may explain autism’s high prevalence in humans (CREDIT: Shutterstock) What ...

Autism is a mental health disorder that impacts children as well as adults. While there are existing therapies, autism poses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SELF spoke with researchers, clinicians, and advocates to understand the uptick in diagnoses of autism in adult women—plus, what ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev psychology researchers have found two groups of children who received delayed autism diagnoses. The earlier children are diagnosed—ideally in the first two to three ...

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Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Excessive screen exposure in young children is leading to autism-like behaviors, a phenomenon doctors are calling "virtual ...

A mother documents her family’s journey through puberty, autism, grief, and the systems that define adulthood without independence. This film isn’t about explaining autism. It’s about time and what ...

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...