A new study demonstrates how children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience long-term improvements in gut health and autism symptoms after undergoing a new fecal transplant technique known as Microbiota Transfer Therapy (MTT). MTT improves gastrointestinal (GI) distress by introducing key strains of beneficial bacteria and helping to raise levels of biodiversity within the gut, boosting health overall. At the start of the study, 83 percent of participants were rated as having severe autism. At the end of the study, only 17 percent were severe; 39 percent were mild/moderate; and 44 percent were below the cut-off for mild ASD.

I've always had trouble reading social cues, but in the strip club, where rules and roles are crystal clear, I finally learned to connect. By Reese Piper.

Augmented reality digital therapy solutions can be an effective way to improve the social behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study published in JAMA Network. Children who wore the Superpower Glass wearable technology, deployed via Google Glass, show significant improvements on the Vineland Adaptive Behaviors Scale socialization subscale compared with treatment as usual controls.

Haley Moss was just 3 years old when she was diagnosed with autism. As a toddler, Moss could do 100-piece jigsaw puzzles and read, but she did not speak. After realizing she was gifted but non-verbal, Moss' parents took her to the doctor, where they found out she was on the autism spectrum.

The number of adults with autism diagnoses is soaring, but there aren’t enough programs and services to meet the demand.

It's a common but erroneous belief among anti-vaxxers that if a pregnant woman gets jabbed, she puts her unborn child at risk of autism.

A PC staffer, who was formerly president of the Ontario Autism Coalition, has resigned over the Ford government's changes to the autism program, calling the decision "indefensible."

About one in three autistic people in the United Kingdom is prescribed drugs designed to alter brain function, based on the records of almost 40,000 people1. People with autism are more likely to be prescribed these so-called ‘psychotropic’ drugs than are most people who visit a doctor. The figure for autism is almost as high as it is for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), for whom some of these drugs are approved treatments.

A frustrated mother is shocked and demanding an explanation for a second-degree burn she thinks her 3-year-old son got at school. Naeema James said she noticed the injury on Aakil's back about 50 minutes after he got home from Pine Ridge Elementary School - and immediately went back.

The neurodiversity movement is gaining momentum, as corporate sponsorship builds on lessons learned from hiring people on the spectrum.

A common probiotic holds the key

Suppose you are helping your friend search for their missing phone and while they are looking around another room, you find it behind some cushions. When they return, you seize the opportunity to play a prank on them and pretend the phone is still missing. You are able to envision this prank because you know that their understanding of the world is separate from what you know to be true. This is an example of theory of mind: the ability to understand other people's beliefs, preferences, and intentions as distinct from one's own.

The final instalment to the Rosie Project trilogy points to greater awareness about neurological differences such as autism.

The ability to read facial expressions is key to interpreting important social cues during a conversation. For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who commonly show impairments in social interactions, recognizing emotions in others is especially challenging. They also are hindered by a lack of interest in initiating conversation and atypical eye contact.

PETA have released online advertisements using two discredited studies to link autism to dairy consumption. Unusually for PETA, the ad admits to a certain element of doubt. “More research is needed, but scientific studies have shown that many autistic kids improve dramatically when put on a diet free of dairy foods”.

Researchers suggest autism stems from a reduced ability to make predictions, leading to anxiety.

More dentists are learning to meet the delicate challenge of caring for children with autism.

Eleanor Tucker: Researchers believe robots hold the key to early diagnosis, as well as teaching social skills. What can they do that humans can’t?

This weekend autistic people took over #AutismSpeaks10, the Twitter hashtag created by the large advocacy organization to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.

Molecular biologist John Rodakis calls for more research into the brain-gut connection after his son’s autism improved while taking antibiotics.

Autism Awareness Day? How about Autism Is Here, So Get Used To It Because It’s Not Going Anywhere Day?

At Adam Beck Junior Public School in Scarborough, kids are learning more about their fellow student Reid and how he deals with autism every day with the help of his best friend Abel.

Via Google Books: Autism and Other Neurodevelopmental Disorders provides clinicians with up-to-date information on the impact these advances have on the standard of care in the range of disorders commonly encountered by both primary and subspecialist physicians. The authors,...

Pete Etchells and Chris Chambers: An autism researcher and an Oxford professor have exposed what appears to be a substantial case of academic malpractice, highlighting the vital role of peer review and the dangers faced by whistle-blowers

The principal has been suspended amid a full investigation.

April is the month for autism awareness campaigns, but a local group is making April autism understanding month instead.

I dread April, which has been designated as Autism Awareness Month. As mom to three young women with autism – ages 20, 18 and 14 – I eat, sleep and live autism every day.

Lydia Brown was born in Suzhou, China. As a one-year-old, she was adopted and brought to live in Melrose, Massachusetts, where the population is more than 90 percent white.

In honor of World Autism Awareness Day, Thursday, I had the privilege to attend and speak at an event held at the United Nations in New York City, where the theme was “Autism, The Employment Advantage.” This theme resonates with me on two levels. First, as a parent. I am the proud mom of Shawn, now 19, diagnosed with autism when he was four years old. Secondly, as a proud Read more »

What it's like to date when you're an autistic queer woman.

Some schools are wasting no time at reporting pupils, even very young pupils, to police and filing criminal complaints for classroom infractions. Those pupils reported are overwhelmingly of color, an investigation has found.

As part of human diversity, autistic persons should be embraced, celebrated and respected. However, discrimination against autistic children and adults is more the rule rather than the exception. -Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Even though he apologized for comparing it to the Holocaust, Robert Kennedy Jr. retains a bizarre view of autism.

Most children don't get diagnosed with autism until they start school, a study finds, though the signs may be visible much earlier. Earlier diagnosis means more time to get therapy.

More than half of young people with autism had neither a job nor educational plans in the first two years after high school, a study finds.