Kids are at higher risk for autism if either — or both — of their parents are over age 35 at the time of birth, new research suggests.

Teaching kids with autism to talk things through in their heads could dramatically improve their ability to deal with everyday problems, new research indicates.

Some kids with autism lose the label as they age. Now a new study is helping to explain why the diagnosis sticks around for some and not others.

Many currently diagnosed with autism could lose the label if proposed changes to the definition of the developmental disorder go through as planned, a new analysis suggests.

It was long believed that babies learned to talk by listening. But new research suggests that youngsters lip-read, a development that could have implications for diagnosing autism earlier.

A little money spent on temporary relief for caregivers goes a long way toward keeping kids and young adults with autism out of psychiatric hospitals, a new study suggests.

Autism research efforts are getting a leg up with a new public-private partnership designed to make data on thousands with the developmental disability more available for study.

A new development in autism research is among Time Magazine’s “Top 10 New Findings in Parenting” for the year.

Children with autism appear to have significantly more brain cells than their typically developing peers, offering evidence that the developmental disorder originates prenatally.

Whether a child is diagnosed with autism as opposed to Asperger’s syndrome or PDD-NOS may depend more on who their doctor is than anything else.

Kids with autism often think and act differently than their peers. Now researchers say they may know why.

In much the same way that many with Down syndrome exhibit hallmark facial characteristics, a new study suggests that those with autism also share unique features.

Autism is five times more common in children born at low birthweight, researchers said Monday, a finding that could help explain increased rates of the developmental disorder.

President Barack Obama signed a three-year extension of the Combating Autism Act Friday, the very day the law — and many of the programs it established — was set to expire.

The U.S. Senate approved an extension of the country’s primary autism legislation late Monday night after a group of Republicans agreed to lift a hold on the bill.