People who have autism feel pain at a higher intensity than others, which is the opposite of what many believe to be true, new research suggests. The prevailing belief is that those with autism are ...

A new study has examined the pain perception among people with autism and found that they experience pain at a higher intensity than the general population and are less adaptable to the sensation.

“Once a sensation is painful, the intensity of these pains might be higher in autistic adults compared to their non-autistic peers,” Moore explained. And there is the autism-pain problem. As a child, ...

A new Israeli study that examined the pain perception among people with autism has found that they experience pain at a higher intensity than the general population and are less adaptable to the ...

An upcoming report from the US Department of Health and Human services is likely to link the development of autism in children to a common over-the-counter pain reliever, and it will reference a form ...

For ADHD, there was a similar trend. While the study didn't examine how extremely high doses and long durations of pain medication impacted developing brains, the findings provide little evidence that ...

A new study has examined the pain perception among people with autism and found that they experience pain at a higher intensity than the general population and are less adaptable to the sensation.