A trailblazer of the assistance animal world could use the Support Dogs charity’s pioneering work as the blueprint to introduce autism assistance dogs to Japan. Sam Tawada, a respected figure in the ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition in which affected individuals experience difficulties in social communication and exhibit restricted, repetitive patterns of ...

Japanese author Naoki Higashida might not seem immediately approachable if you were to run into him on the sidewalk. “If you see him walking down the street toward you, he has all the classic autistic ...

Research from Japan has demonstrated the use of eye-tracking technology in the early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. Waseda University associate professor Mikimasa Omori set out to examine ...

Common genetic variants may underlie autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia across human populations, according to a study appearing September 11th in the journal Cell Reports. In line with ...

As people with autism grow up, they face unique challenges. They find it difficult to deal with mental health issues. There is a big gap in understanding how pretending to fit in (known as social ...