Do vaccines cause autism? Is it bad parenting? Can autism be cured? Experts bust common autism myths and explain how misinformation delays diagnosis and fuels stigma in India.

A health worker administers polio vaccine drops to children during a door-to-door poliovirus eradication campaign in Lahore, Pakistan, on April 21. (Arif Ali / AFP via Getty Images) During an ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Evolutionary changes that gave humans the ability for complex thought may also help explain the origins of autism, a study suggests. The research indicates that as a certain type of brain cell evolved ...

If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of the apparent increase in childhood autism cases in Denmark between 1980 and 2011 may be due to changes in how those cases are reported, according to a new ...

Researchers Dr. Yuval Hart and Oded Wertheimer from the Psychology department and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science (ELSC) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new ...

What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the answer may be in a surprising twist of evolutionary fate: one of the brain’s ...