"His autism is not the story’s worn-out comedic hook, a box-ticking exercise or the sum total of his identity," writes ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, boys are about three times more likely to be diagnosed as ...

Autistic and non-autistic faces express emotion differently, and misunderstanding can go both ways. A new study suggests that ...

There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to ...

Boys are more likely to be diagnosed as autistic as children—but by adulthood, that trend changes, according to a new study ...

Academics at Bournemouth University (BU) have been exploring the impact of menopause on autistic people and discovered that the transition can be life-changing—and in some instances even ...

A new study suggests autism diagnosis rates are "more or less equal for men and women," significantly challenging long-held assumptions about gender disparities. Previous understanding often cited a ...

There's a looming crisis for Arizonans on the autism spectrum, as the cost of a popular form of therapy spirals out of ...

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 ...

A sweeping study from Sweden is challenging the long-held belief that autism mostly affects boys. Autism has traditionally ...

Introduction Suicide is a leading cause of death among Autistic adults globally. Autistic people are up to six times more likely to die by suicide than people in the general population. Research ...