A recent study published in Scientific Reports suggests that people with higher autistic traits may use the act of naming ...

For Seri Amalia Khairil, mother to a 13-year-old son with autism, family outings require careful planning and can be ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), commonly referred to as autism, is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by ...

A cross-species study published in Nature Neuroscience has sorted brain connectivity patterns from 20 genetic mouse models of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may have seen videos on social media where people detail the signs that made them realize they’re autistic. Viewers are ...

Young, media-savvy autistic creators are sharing snippets of their daily lives and explanations of the challenges they ...

“That subtle disconnect between expression and tactical task stood out immediately to me because of my lived experiences.” ...

A major UK study has found that while most middle-aged and older adults experience low levels of anxiety, a small group of ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new autism panel is championing a controversial communication method popular among ...

When people talk about autism, they often think about a child who is different and may be distressed by their surroundings. Or if the conversation moves beyond childhood, the focus might be about an ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...

An autistic meltdown is an intense reaction to sensory or emotional overload in autistic people. When an autistic person becomes overstimulated or unable to cope with their environment, they may ...