Standard autism assessments may not accurately measure the severity of the disorder in girls, suggests a study in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. Researchers studied 228 boys and girls, matched for IQ and age, who had similar diagnoses of autism. They found...

Women who take prenatal multivitamin supplements may reduce their infants’ risk of developing autism, suggests a study in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers followed more than 45,000 children born in Israel from 2003 to 2007, and gathered data from prescription records...