For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

As a mom who's waded through endless neurodivergent and autism theories, I've learned to approach new research with a healthy dose of skepticism. But this gut-brain connection autism research from USC ...

It is a central question in neuroscience to understand how different regions of the brain interact, how strongly they "talk" ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

"I love the message that it sends to children," Katy told USA TODAY. "Like it tells autistic children who might see ...

While many of us have heard of conditions like autism, ADHD, or dyslexia, not everyone is familiar with the bigger idea that ...

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system - ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...

A small study that examined brains from children who died found abnormal patterns of cell growth in autistic children. The research bolsters evidence that something before birth might cause autism, at ...

In an industry built on the ability to mimic human behavior, the conversation around neurodivergence has long been relegated ...