Blood vessels in the brains of more than half of people with autism have an unusually large number of immune cells called T cells, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. The excess of immune cells may damage other cells that form a protective lining for the brain. 

This was described as a “chronic inflammatory state” by Matthew Anderson, the study’s lead investigator and chief of...

Severe autism and ADHD traits might both result from a smaller than average brainstem, according to research presented in October at the 2019 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois.

Brittany Travers, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, led the research, and acknowledged that scientists “still don’t know much about the brainstem, and many studies have omitted it from their analyses.” She belie...

On the second Friday of every month, Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Children’s Museum at Canalside opens exclusively for children with autism, giving them a chance to enjoy its many exhibits and just be themselves in a fun, safe, judgment-free environment. 

The program, known as Au-Some Evenings, was introduced by the museum in collaboration with Kathy Doody, an associate professor in the Exceptional Education Department at SUNY Buffalo State, a...