While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often associated with childhood, some people with autism are not diagnosed until adulthood, even if they had signs and symptoms in their early years. Autism has ...

ATLANTA (AP) — 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 ...

Autism is defined as persistent deficits in social communication and social interactions across multiple contexts and restricted repetitive patterns of behavior interests or activities (DSM-V-TR, 2023 ...

Communication is vital to expressing and getting what we want and need, bonding with other people and navigating the world in which we live. But, by definition, autistic people often deal with ...

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

You may have seen videos on social media where people detail the signs that made them realize they’re autistic. Viewers are finding them enlightening and comforting as many people — mainly women — are ...

You may have seen videos on social media where people detail the signs that made them realize they’re autistic. Viewers are finding them enlightening and comforting as many people — mainly women — are ...

Do vaccines cause autism? Is it bad parenting? Can autism be cured? Experts bust common autism myths and explain how ...