Most people picture autism as a behavioral condition. Rocking. Repetitive routines. Meltdowns in the grocery store. Those things can be part of the picture, but they tend to show up later. What ...

Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children in Canada have discovered a gene that may be responsible for defining behaviors ...

A research team has unveiled the cause and molecular mechanism of chronic brain inflammation that results in repetitive behavioral disorders. The research team demonstrated that an inflammatory ...

Researchers have identified a portion of the human genome known as PTCHD1-AS on the X chromosome that does not code for ...

Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...

BRYANT, Ark. (KATV) — A Conway teen is awaiting his court date after being arrested for stealing two school buses and crashing one of them, but the mother has told KATV that her son is autistic and ...

Talk about a high-ly anticipated breakthrough. A new study from the University of São Paulo suggests that cannabidiol (CBD) cannabis extract could help improve behavior and ease common symptoms in ...

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One of the first clues that Sarah was different was her walking. She did not walk until she was 20 months old, about 9 months later than her twin sister. “My pediatrician told me, ‘Oh, don’t worry.

Repetitive behaviors are not an uncommon part of human experience, but not all repetitive actions serve the same purpose or carry the same meaning. Two types of behaviors that are often confused are ...