January is National Mentoring Month which serves as a reminder of the power of guidance and support in shaping careers and ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...

Autism is an inherently complex condition, but new research breaks it down into four distinct categories, each defined by a ...

New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

Children with autism are far more likely than others to have ongoing gastrointestinal issues and these tummy troubles are often linked to other challenges ranging from sleep to behavior. New research ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

Children diagnosed with autism are far more likely to experience ongoing gastrointestinal (GI) problems than their typically developing peers. That's the finding of a new UC Davis MIND Institute study ...

Autism therapy centers offer services like applied behavior analysis (ABA), in which positive reinforcement is used to help ...

You've probably seen service dogs helping people with diabetes, anxiety, or seizures, but service dogs are now becoming more ...

Johnny Williamson, MD is board certified in General Psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He has a breadth of experience treating children and adults of all ages. He provides psychotherapy ...