Sleep challenges in autistic children go beyond usual bedtime struggles often making conventional sleep advice ineffective ...

More boys and men have traditionally been diagnosed with autism than girls and women. That’s because researchers have mostly studied males, and symptoms vary by gender, cognitive neuroimaging expert ...

The Department of Health and Social Services expects to release a report this fall that will provide an estimate on how many ...

On world autism day parents were holding a 24-hour sleep-out at Leinster House to highlight the lack of suitable school ...

Parents of children with special needs will be spending the night of World Autism Day out in the cold, sleeping outside the ...

Dr Rowina Lynne Murray hopes individuals with autism can disclose their diagnosis without fear and be met with fairness.

Melatonin is a hormone in the brain that maintains your body's circadian rhythm, and therefore, regulates sleep. Taking ...

Over 200 parents began protesting at 2pm on Wednesday, which is World Autism Day, and many slept out overnight ...

Fruit flies with genetic mutations that severely reduce sleep show enhanced performance in olfactory memory tasks, challenging assumptions about sleep’s role in cognition.

Gut microbial dysbiosis has been implicated in both GI and neuopsychiatric symptoms observed in ASD through various ...

A first-of-its-kind study has found that almost half, 45.6%, of Australian teenagers are living with one or more chronic ...