How we -- as individuals and as a society -- respond to burgeoning genetic discoveries will be as important as these discoveries themselves.

* Teams identify four new autism risk genes * Older fathers more likely to pass autism to offspring By Julie Steenhuysen...

By Ferris Jabr (Click here for the original article) As a baby grows inside the womb, its brain does not simply expand like a dehydrated sponge dr...

Random changes in genes, rather than changes handed down from parents, may be responsible for some cases of autism, scientists say. The findings sugge...

According to the Center for Disease Control in 2007, autism affects 1 out of every 150 children, up from 1 out of every 10,000 in 1980.