U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently declared autism a national “epidemic,” calling it a “preventable disease” that is growing at an “alarming rate.” He went on ...

In our research, we identified commonalities across autistic adults’ experiences of burnout. The person may have difficulty ...

On Monday, President Trump held a news conference where he claimed that autism is “among the most alarming public health crises in history” and something that may be “artificially induced.” ...

The autism advocacy community is split over whether adding a profound autism subtype will help the most vulnerable autistic people. Since 2013 autism diagnoses have been classified under one large ...

I wasn’t looking for a diagnosis in April of 2004 when I began reading a New York Times article on Asperger’s syndrome — then psychiatry’s label for a less-disabling form of autism. But soon after ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Autistic youth face significantly higher rates of depression, suicidal thoughts and suicide than non-autistic ...

As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...