Gianna Joachim is a hurricane, a twister of giggles and screeches, a steel blue-eyed, ivory-skinned 7-year-old whose internal motor is always revving at top speed. Gianna hurls herself on the floor ...

Researchers at the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating compound found in cannabis, ...

The researchers found: CBD was safe and well-tolerated in boys with severe autism and behavioral problems – participants were able to take the drug without difficulty and there were no serious adverse ...

Severe self-injurious behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) poses a significant risk of permanent physical injury. Not all children respond to behavioral therapies. Findings from a ...

A groundbreaking study that claims its subjects had their autism reversed through dietary and therapeutical interventions has been blasted by advocacy groups and experts on the neurodiverse condition ...

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) may offer a viable treatment strategy for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who display severe self-injurious behavior. In a first-in-human pilot trial of ...

ATLANTA — The Marcus Autism Center announced it will conduct the largest study of behavior, brain and genomic biomarkers in children across the autism spectrum following a $21.9 million grant from the ...

Researchers found that severe CHD8 mutations triggered autism-related abnormalities in both male and female mice, suggesting ...

Within a matter of seconds, your child slips from your watchful eye and wanders away. Soon, he or she is nowhere to be found.more For any parent, few things strike more fear than a missing child. But ...

For more than two decades, the genetics of autism seemed to splinter in every direction. Each new sequencing study added ...

Autism spectrum disorder affects males far more frequently than females, with diagnoses occurring roughly four times more ...