A $12.9 million joint study between Duke Health and UNC Health aims to improve treatment options for autistic children with ...

Autism spectrum disorders have been increasing significantly for years, while researchers worldwide are searching for ways to ...

For people with autism, constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal pain often go along with the social struggles and repetitive behaviors that define the condition. This has prompted many to wonder whether ...

Research led by June Round, Ph.D., University of Utah has shown that microbes that live in the gut influence health and social behavior. For people with autism, constipation, diarrhea, and abdominal ...

Autism Speaks, the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization, has selected two major research projects – one focused on intestinal bacteria, the other on chronic constipation – to ...

A Raleigh fourth grader is helping researchers highlight a hidden struggle for many children with autism: chronic GI issues.