There are two people whom parents of autistic children dread meeting, writes Michael Fitzpatrick. One is the scientist who believes he has come up with a total theory of autism, but whose heretical ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

Imagine living in a world where your natural way of being is constantly at odds with societal norms. This is a daily reality for many autistic individuals, some of whom use hidden strategies to "fit ...

Anxiety disorders are very common in autistic kids, affecting about half of all children at some point in time. Autistic children can experience anxiety in their own ways. They might be afraid of ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists ...

Heather Florio, a CEO, mother, and wife, was diagnosed with autism at the age of 41. She grew up thinking that there was something wrong with her because she was different. Getting her diagnosis has ...