Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people.

The basic definition of autism that I’ve given you – that it’s lifelong and neurodevelopmental, and that there are ...

A comprehensive new study suggests that females require a much larger biological and cognitive shift to develop autism than ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri may have found a clue to help uncover a possible link between autism and ...

Since 2013, when the DSM-5 collapsed five autism subtypes into the single diagnosis of "autism spectrum disorder (ASD)," we've treated autism like a monolith. Maybe that made sense when our tools were ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

This article is authored by Nandini Chatterjee Singh.

After her young son wandered from home, one Oklahoma mother is pushing for a rapid-response alert system to help locate ...

Erica Bacon is working on a special photography project called "Faces of Autism", where autistic individuals are photographed ...

A study in Nature Mental Health provides evidence that depression, trauma, and loneliness drive suicidal thoughts in older adults with autistic traits. The findings indicate that targeted mental ...