Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by symptoms of deficient reciprocal social communication...

Classic autism, also known as childhood autism, autistic disorder, (early) infantile autism, infantile psychosis, Kanner's autism, Kanner's syndrome,...

Autism Speaks Inc. is an American non-profit autism awareness organization and the largest autism research organization in the United States. It sponsors...

with the start of Autism Network International. Much of the correspondence that led to the formation of the movement happened over autism conferences, namely...

High-functioning autism (HFA) was historically an autism classification to describe a person who exhibited no intellectual disability but had some difficulty...

The history of autism spans over a century; autism has been subject to varying treatments, being pathologized or being viewed as a beneficial part of...

aspects of autism or sociology of autism come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects...

The heritability of autism is the proportion of differences in expression of autism that can be explained by genetic variation; if the heritability of...

Autism therapies include a wide variety of therapies that help people with autism, or their families. Such methods of therapy seek to aid autistic people...

The diagnosis of autism is based on a person's reported and directly observed behavior. There are no known biomarkers for autism spectrum conditions that...