The first description a parent will typically hear when they learn their child is autistic is that the child has “persistent deficits in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts ...

What if everything we thought we knew about autistic communication was wrong? For decades, autism has been described through a lens of deficit. Communication differences were framed as “deficits.” ...

Modulation of the vasopressin pathway may be a promising new target for improving social and communication deficits in patients with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), new research suggests. Results from ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified the cause of a genetic subtype of autism and schizophrenia that results in social deficits and seizures in mice and humans. Scientists have discovered ...

At the grocery store, a mother guides her child down the cereal aisle. Nearby, a man studies a list on his phone while a cashier rings up a customer’s order with precision. Amid these ordinary scenes, ...

Andrew Whitehouse receives funding from the NHMRC, the ARC, the Autism CRC, and the Angela Wright Bennett Foundation. A heated debate about autism was reignited after the recent publication of an ...