Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in how people learn, ...

Most research on autism focuses on younger people, but some studies suggest older adults face increased risks — and perhaps ...

For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, health care professionals and the public: the claim that autistic people are "mind blind." The phrase ...

As the definition of autism has widened, there's been a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis.

In a room filled with pounding noises and clanging cowbells, L.A. County deputies learn that sometimes the best way to handle ...

Although autistic people are at increased risk of mental health difficulties such as depression and anxiety, they are less likely to receive the support they need than people without autism, says ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis.

I wasn’t looking for a diagnosis in April of 2004 when I began reading a New York Times article on Asperger’s syndrome — then psychiatry’s label for a less-disabling form of autism. But soon after ...

"Life will be a challenge for them, and we have to prepare them as best we can," says one ...