Autism Spectrum Disorders News

Researchers at Emory University recently received a $3.1 million grant from the NIMH to study associations between 3q29 deletion syndrome and risk for schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders, such as intellectual disability, autism and anxiety.

Patients with autism are nearly three times more likely as the general population to die of injuries, with children at an exceptional risk, according to research published in the American Journal of Public Health.

According to a recently published systematic review, there is limited evidence children born to mothers with rheumatoid arthritis are at an increased risk for autism.

Children with autism spectrum disorders with de novo mutations may present with subdued social communication and language skills compared with those without genetic abnormalities.

Health care reform proposals supported by President Donald Trump could have negative consequences for patients with disabilities and autism, meaning the time has come for advocates of these patients to make their voices heard, according to a perspective recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Parent-reported lifetime prevalence and comorbidity of asthma, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder in children were differentially influenced by poverty status, according to recent study findings.

Dora Raymaker , PhD, an assistant research professor at Portland State University who has autism, recently received two federal grants to study autism in the workplace.

Recent findings indicated efficacy of an outdoor adventure program for autism symptoms among young children.

Individuals born at extremely low birth weight had higher risk for mental health problems in childhood, adolescence and adulthood, compared with peers born at normal birth weight.

Pregnant women with an active case of genital herpes were twice as likely to have a child diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to a study that recently appeared in mSphere.