Autism Spectrum Disorders News

Using population data from five countries, researchers estimated that the heritability of autism spectrum disorder was about 80%, indicating that inherited genetic influences contributed to most of the variation in ASD occurrence in the population.

Data from two phase 2 clinical trials published in Science Translational Medicine showed that modulating the hormone vasopressin’s biological pathway may improve social functioning in adults and children with autism spectrum disorder.

The FDA has given fast track designation to Finch Therapeutics’ Full-Spectrum Microbiota, or FSM, therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder, according to the company.

Nearly one-quarter of children with autism spectrum disorder have pica — an eating disorder involving the eating of nonfood items — according to research presented at the CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service Conference.

A Danish nationwide birth cohort study showed that the incidence rates of any mental disorder, substance use disorders, depression and anxiety disorders increased substantially by adolescence.

The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder was higher in 2014 than in 2010 among children aged 4 years, according to CDC data from the Early Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network.

Children with type 1 diabetes and comorbid autism have a glycemic profile that is similar to children with type 1 diabetes but without autism, despite fewer patients with autism using insulin pump therapy, according to findings published in Pediatric Diabetes.

Children with type 1 diabetes and comorbid autism have a glycemic profile that is similar to children with type 1 diabetes but without autism, despite fewer patients with autism using insulin pump therapy, according to findings published in Pediatric Diabetes.

April 2nd is World Autism Awareness Day, a day to raise awareness of and educate about autism spectrum disorder.

Cannabis seemed safe, effective and well-tolerated in treating young patients with autism, according to findings recently published in Scientific Reports.