The runaway hit hockey romance gives us a different kind of autistic character, one created by an author and an actor with ...

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

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.

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

This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...

It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is false and not backed up by the latest ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism is one form of neurodivergence where the brain works differently than a brain that is considered typical. Autistic behaviors are on a continuum and can vary ...

SAP not the only company committing to hire more autistic employees. Autism made it hard for Phillip Griffin, 22, to find a job, but now he works at a software company in Illinois. Courtesy Autonomy ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...

Two new Arkansas programs aim to make traffic stops safer and more effective for people with autism and mental illness.The ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A new program in Arkansas aims to make traffic stops safer for people with autism and mental illness ...