While this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research shows otherwise.

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt about the ...

35-Year Study Shows How Condition Has Been Systematically Missed In Females In A Nutshell Autism diagnosis rates increased ...

COLUMBIA - Most parents fear hearing their child is autistic. But now parents may fear the opposite...that those who are autistic now, will not qualify under a new definition. The American Psychiatric ...

Late at night, when I’m alone, I sometimes ponder what it means to be autistic. Do I experience sounds and smells differently from an allistic (non autistic) person? Scientific studies suggest I do.

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 ...

Borderline autism is not a diagnosis — it is an informal term some people may use to describe mild symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Social communication difficulties and repetitive ...

The autism epidemic is running rampant,” said U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “One in 31 American chil ...

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 ...