Research, across time, consistently documents unique social communication patterns in autistic individuals (Wang et al., 2022). One of the more prevalent theories for conceptualizing the cognitive ...

The 'double empathy problem' explains the way autistic children communicate with neurotypical friends and family much more accurately. martinedoucet/GettyImages For ...

Autism is not rare. It’s not new. And it’s not a single experience. It’s a spectrum that affects how people communicate, process information, handle sensory input, and interact with others. What this ...

There never seems to be a shortage of good crime shows on TV, and network television is teeming with detectives who think – ...

As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...

Russell Rollens's life was off to a strong start nine years ago. Gestation and delivery went smoothly, and he hit all the early-childhood milestones right on schedule. Snapshots from his 1st birthday ...

Autism, which is referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...