You might know someone who excels at their job but dislikes small talk, or a friend who replays conversations, worrying about ...

Many autistic adults experience mental health difficulties. Research shows that autistic people are more likely than neurotypical people to experience emotion dysregulation, having trouble feeling and ...

Big surges in new autism diagnoses among young adults, as well a rise in diagnoses for girls and young women, have driven a near-tripling of U.S. autism cases in just over a decade, researchers report ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may have seen videos on social media where people detail the signs that made them realize they’re autistic. Viewers are ...

Autism is not rare. It’s not new. And it’s not a single experience. It’s a spectrum that affects how people communicate, process information, handle sensory input, and interact with others. What this ...

Restricted and repetitive behaviors, along with strong preferences for sameness in both behavior and environment, are noted as hallmark features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Structured routines ...

Principal Investigator: Lindsay Shea, DrPH Funder: Community Behavioral Health (CBH) through the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) and the ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds may be associated with autistic traits and behavioral difficulties in girls, and with peer relationship problems in boys, according to a new study. Gender ...

YOUNGER PERSON WITH AUTISM, BUT DOCTORS SAY MORE ADULTS ARE JUST NOW FINDING OUT THEY HAVE AUTISM. I MET WITH ONE OMAHA WOMAN WHO WASN’T DIAGNOSED UNTIL HER EARLY 30S, AND I TALKED TO A UNMC DOCTOR ...