Natasha Nelson, who was diagnosed with autism in August 2023, just after her youngest daughter was also diagnosed, sits in a sensory room she uses to calm her children in her Stone Mountain, Ga. home ...

Adult autism diagnosis is becoming increasingly common as awareness grows and diagnostic criteria evolve. Understanding what this means can be life-changing for many individuals who have spent years ...

People with autism are more likely to die early from various health conditions, including influenza, drowning, and ...

John Frizzell always had a feeling he was different. The Hollywood film score composer could rattle off facts about chess puzzles, Immanuel Kant’s synthetic a priori knowledge and other esoteric ...

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and Aarhus University shows that children and adolescents ...

The number of American children and adults diagnosed with autism increased 175% in roughly a decade, according to new research that shows an uptick among certain groups appears to be driving the trend ...

For some women, an autism diagnosis later in life can help connect those dots. That experience may be becoming easier to ...

In elementary school, Ariel sat alone at a desk in the closet. She could see the class through a two-way mirror, but no one could see her. She doesn’t remember if it was a punishment, but she ...

Most of Diana’s 59 years were spent trying to figure out a social world that mystified her. Finally, well into middle age, she received a diagnosis that explained her struggles ─ autism. She learned ...

Mental health conditions are common among autistic adults, with 50% of autistic adults having a co-occurring condition, like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...

People with autism often come at life from a different angle—seeing details others miss, focusing on patterns rather than ...

Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms. She didn't know why people meeting for the first time would choose to engage in ...