Bone marrow transplants cure mental illness – in mice
Preliminary research involving bone marrow transplants in mice suggests an immune approach to treating mental illness
Autism: A healing, not a cure
Rupert Isaacson believes riding has transformed his autistic son. Now he wants others to benefit from his experience. But is it too good to be true?
One in 100 adults has autism, but what is it?
Mozart, Orwell, Einstein, Beethoven and Newton all had it, too
The curious incident of the straight-A student
Alex Goodenough was the cleverest kid in his school - so why didn't he get a sixth form place? Decca Aitkenhead talks to his family about the impact of Asperger's
Brain scans can identify the most sociable people
People who value the company of others most have denser grey matter in two brain areas
Yes Jacqui, let’s keep out those dangerous homeopaths
Catherine Bennett: When the Home Office bans people, we should at least know why. Surely it can't have been for views on autism?
The real agony of autism
Kent Miller: The idea that vaccines cause autism distracts from the US healthcare system's failure to care for people with the disease
We’re failing autistic people, minister admits
Government is to launch adult autism strategy, followed by 12-week consultation period to address failure in care
Speaking out on autism
Since its beginnings in 2005, Autism Speaks has raised $30m in funding for autism research in the US
It’s not just boys who are autistic
When it was first discovered more than 60 years ago, Asperger's syndrome was thought to be a male-only condition. But now that more and more girls are being diagnosed with it, why do we hear so little about them, wonders Joanna Moorhead