New biotech is helping scientists pull back the curtain on the developing brain and reveal the causes of the condition ...

About two to three percent of all Americans—including adults and children—are autistic. With recent reports that autism rates are rising, potentially due to improved diagnosis, there's a lot of ...

Social media users are increasingly diagnosing themselves with autism after watching TikTok content about the neurodevelopmental condition, drawing mixed reactions from experts. A diagnosis from Dr.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data this week showing that 1 in 31 children in the U.S. is autistic. As researchers and physicians, we welcome the growing national ...

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week. In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services disclosed that it’s planning a ...

The wellness aesthetic that calms most people often fails autistic adults. Sensory research reveals what autistic nervous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kennedy, who has often drawn into question the origins of autism and decried its effects on children in the U.S., announced that ...

For decades, we've been told that autistic people lack empathy. This assumption is embedded into diagnostic criteria. It shapes how society views autism and how autistic people are represented in ...