The first few days after an autism diagnosis can feel overwhelming for any family. The paperwork is new, the language is ...

Autism is a broad term for a range of developmental disorders. Some are mild, while others can be debilitating, making ...

I read a fascinating paper this month about social and nonsocial rewards, and how reward responses may help explain symptoms of autism and loneliness in adults with autism or depression. The paper was ...

In diagnosing autism – the developmental variant that affects around 80 million people worldwide – medical practitioners today put too much emphasis on a child's lack of sociability and not enough on ...

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 ...

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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — More information may soon come to light on how people with neurodivergence experience the world as a UWF student is working on research. According to a UWF news release, ...

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 ...