At one stage in her life Niamh Taylor couldn't even speak to people she was so anxious but that has all changed now ...

The ability to name a musical note on demand is exceedingly rare — and a deeper understanding of this gift can change ...

Despite the naysayers, research into the gut-autism axis is producing useful results and helping kids with autism feel less ...

The ranks of female high school athletes who tore their anterior cruciate ligament are growing fast and researchers are ...

The idea that autistic people lack a ‘theory of mind’ has shaped ASD research for 40 years. The evidence never supported it – ...

As a landmark trial in a case seeking to hold social media platforms liable for alleged harm to children closes out its first month, gender has emerged as a dividing — and perhaps decisive — factor in ...

It’s 7am and Maddie Lewis, 16, is eating cereal in self-absorbed delight. Ignoring my arrival, she doesn’t look up when I sit beside her at the kitchen table. Engrossed in her iPad, she ­replays over ...