A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that the autism diagnosis rate has increased among U.S. children, continuing a long-term trend that experts have largely ...

In light of Mattel releasing the first official Autistic Barbie, let's look at how Barbie has exhibited autistic traits since ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Autism has been in the spotlight as more public figures ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...