Taken together, these findings challenge a common misconception. Autistic individuals were not unwilling or unable to tailor ...

The head of an island charity supporting those with the condition says an early diagnosis is vital.

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

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Academics at Bournemouth University (BU) have been exploring the impact of menopause on autistic people and discovered that ...

The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause the disorder.

Federal health officials are reviving a key panel tasked with guiding the government's strategy on autism, but the new ...

Despite persistent stereotypical assumptions, autistic people are 'some of the most creative individuals' in our society.

It quietly reinforces the idea that the more visibly sensory-sensitive someone appears, the “more autistic” they must be, that autism is best understood, and managed, through equipment, and that ...

People with autism have brains that are wired differently. This can make them especially strong in some areas-such as ...

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 ...

Autistic and non-autistic people express emotions differently through their facial movements, according to a new study, which ...