When you finally receive a neurodevelopmental diagnosis that reflects your strengths and the challenges you face, it can be ...

First developed by the psychiatrist Lorna Wing in the 1980s, the term was intended to reflect the wide range of autistic ...

It’s been more than three years since the Lancet Commission proposed the new term “profound autism” to describe the subset of the autism spectrum most disabled by the disorder. This label has been ...

As of 1970, every April is Autism Acceptance Month, dedicated to uplifting autism, promoting inclusivity and overall ...

President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists at a press conference last week at his Mar-a-Lago club.

Judith Warner is the author of And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School. The proposed change to the newest edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and ...

On TikTok, creators freely use terms associated with autism and neurodivergence: stimming, vocal stims, hyperfixations. As an ...

A review finds behaviours once regarded as normal are now being interpreted as requiring some form of intervention or treatment.

Autism Month should prompt us to ask whether San Diego is becoming a place where autistic children, teens and adults feel ...