People with autism or any learning disabilities will now be eligible for a new document to improve their visits to the ...

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 ...

Boston Children's Hospital has been awarded up to $17.25 million to serve as a participating site within the Innovative ...

A recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that people with higher autistic traits may use the act of naming ...

Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people ...

New data about autism should be celebrated, not feared. That's what autistic people like Eric Garcia want people to remember as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spreads ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), commonly referred to as autism, is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by ...

A major UK study has found that while most middle-aged and older adults experience low levels of anxiety, a small group of ...

When people talk about autism, they often think about a child who is different and may be distressed by their surroundings. Or if the conversation moves beyond childhood, the focus might be about an ...

The education of autistic children and young people in western societies has been heavily influenced by a medicalised understanding of autism. This means considering autism as a disorder, with a focus ...

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 ...

Diagnoses have climbed by 175 percent in just the last decade—with the greatest increases in girls and women. Here’s how our understanding of autism is changing. Girls and women are being diagnosed ...