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 ...

Severe autism, or level 3 autism spectrum disorder (ASD), describes individuals with the highest support needs on the autism spectrum. Individuals with level 3 autism face significant challenges in ...

The Marcus Autism Center announced it will conduct the largest study of behavior, brain and genomic biomarkers in children ...

Study overview. (A) CONSORT diagram of participant recruitment and disposition; (B) Study timeline and procedures; (C) Electrode localization within the core (light blue) and shell (dark blue) of the ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. − who has long spread debunked claims surrounding autism and vaccines − suggested compensating families of some Americans with autism, calling ...

Sarah Crichigno says that watching daughter Hope walk across the stage brought up "very emotion": "all the tears, just everything. It was amazing" Sarah Crichigno West Virginia teen Hope Crichigno was ...

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 ...

I don’t begrudge Bill Gates’s musings that he would have been put on the autism spectrum if he were a child today. Yet as a parent of a young adult who is nonverbal with severe autism, I’d like to ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) may help reduce problematic behaviors in boys with autism. The corresponding study was published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Previous research suggests that ...

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, ...