One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

The age at which a person is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder is sometimes linked to their genetic make-up and their risk of developing mental-health conditions, according to an analysis of ...

When I was 17, I realized that my experience of the things I liked or simply happened to notice around me was more intense than my friends seemed to experience. When I tried to describe what I ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

Aimee Grant receives funding from receives funding from UKRI, the Wellcome Trust and the Morgan Advanced Studies Institute. She is a non-executive director of Disability Wales. Stimming – short for ...

When people hear the word autism, it’s often associated with a specific set of traits. But in reality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is just that—a spectrum, encompassing a broad range of differences ...