A recent study says that there is a link between autism and seizures. The study took 127 autistic patients, 96 males and 31 females, who had a mean age of 16.5 and saw that all of the patients had at least one seizure. Thirty-four percent of patients had seizures were resistant to epileptic treatment. The patients who were resistant to epileptic treatment had the most seizures. While researchers... 

A study linking autism and vaccinations has been revealed to be a fraud, according to findings released Wednesday, Jan. 5. The study by Andrew Wakefield was published in 1998 and showed a link between autism, which has no known cause or cure, and childhood vaccinations. In 2009 a newspaper in London cast doubt on the study by claiming Wakefield faked data and used a very small sample, containing only... 

A 10-year study looking at 4.9 million births in the 1990s showed that older mothers are more likely than younger ones to have a child with autism, and older fathers can contribute to the risk of the disorder when their partners are under 30. The study, published online in the journal Autism Research is one of the largest population-based studies to quantify how each parent’s age — separately and... 

Claire Danes who portrays Temple Grandin in the HBO film “Temple Grandin” had help with her research. Six months earlier, her husband Hugh Dancy played as Adam Raki in the movie “Adam.” Adam Raki suffered from Asberger’s which is said to be quite similar to Autism. Dancy had done tons of research on both Autism and Asberger’s. In an interview with USA Today, Danes...