Although autistic people are at increased risk of mental health difficulties such as depression and anxiety, they are less likely to receive the support they need than people without autism, says ...

An autism or ADHD diagnosis can transform how people understand themselves. But better mental health support is needed both ...

For decades, the media stereotyped autistic people as laughable or lost, while autism researchers described us as "less domesticated" than neurotypical people and compared us to apes and robots ...

When people talk about autism, they often think about a child who is different and may be distressed by their surroundings. Or if the conversation moves beyond childhood, the focus might be about an ...

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 ...

The autism advocacy community is split over whether adding a profound autism subtype will help the most vulnerable autistic people. Since 2013 autism diagnoses have been classified under one large ...

We are abandoning autistic people while congratulating ourselves for accepting them. After years of campaigns, commemorative events, and public messaging, autism is more widely recognized than ever.

According to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report released April 17, 1 in 31 U.S. children has autism, up from 1 in 150 in 2000. In response to these findings, Robert F. Kennedy ...

Recent decades have seen a year-on-year increase in clinical diagnoses of autism. Unfortunately, autism and temperature regulation problems often go hand in hand, especially in summer.

Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, ...