A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Autism has always been described as a spectrum, but for families, doctors, and educators, that word often feels too vague. It ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month. It is a month set aside to celebrate the contributions and diversity within the community made up of individuals on the autism spectrum. Asia Bailey of Glen ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is linked to a fourfold increased risk for early-onset Parkinson’s disease (PD), results from the largest, population-based cohort study of its kind to date showed. The ...

Dr. Aileen Marty, Infectious Disease Specialist and Professor at Florida International University, joins Bob Sirott to talk about the latest health news. Dr. Marty explains why autism is a spectrum ...

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 ...

I liken onscreen neurodiverse representation to a first impression. The social stakes are high, and once a feeling or opinion attaches itself to this initial interaction, rewriting it is tricky. For ...