A young woman named Zoe Grace took to TikTok to share the 11 signs of her autism that were missed when she was a child.

If you spend an hour on any forum where autistic women show up to support each other and share their experiences, you’ll see one version or another of the same story. In this story, an autistic woman, ...

A female footballer with suspected autism has been hit with a six-match ban after asking a “bearded” transgender opponent: “Are you a man?” The 17-year-old cried as she was found guilty of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two prominent autistic actors, Emily Carey (“Geek Girl”) and Lola Blue (“A Kind of Spark”), topline the short film “The Birth of a ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Dianna Frost, 59, was arrested after police accused her of telling a girl with level 3 autism “not to come back home” until she found a pet that escaped during a severe ...

Autism has long been seen as a condition affecting boys. Researchers say that understanding is finally changing.

A 10-year-old girl with special needs has touched the world with her powerful rendition of "Hallelujah." Kaylee Rodgers, who has autism and ADHD, stood in front of the members of the Killard House ...

Four years ago, I saw “Sara” for a therapy intake. When asked what brought her in, she tearfully recounted that she had been using social media to watch videos about her interests, and videos started ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a representative neurodevelopmental condition with four times as many patients among males as females. Academia has long hypothesized a 'female protective effect,' ...

Many of the autistic women I work with reject stereotypical gendered roles, a finding backed up by research. The issues that women with autism experience with regard to gender range from a loss of ...

A pair of sick foster parents allegedly beat their 3-year-old “special needs” foster daughter to death after meting out months of abuse because the girl would cry and take too long to chew her food, ...