Science news articles about 'autism patients'

... the Montreal Children’s Hospital, is involved in a multi-site consortium to gather DNA samples from 2,000 autism patients and their families over the next three years. The Simons ...

... variants is very low even among autism patients and nearly absent in the general population ... pathway sensitive to gene dosage and associated to Autism Spectrum Disorders. In a large international study ...

Researchers are reporting discovery of abnormal proteins in the saliva of autism patients that could eventually provide a clue for the molecular basis of this severe developmental disorder and could ...

... provide speech, occupational and physical therapies to their autistic members but rejected pleas to require insurers to cover the cost of behavior therapy that aims to help patients live in society.

... insurers have disqualified. State regulators are violating mental health and other laws by allowing health insurers to deny effective treatment for children with autism, consumer advocates contend.

... . Notably, the activity or "expression" of this gene appears to be reduced in the brains of autism patients compared to those without the disorder. "These genetic findings give us important new leads ...