Autism has always been described as a spectrum, but for families, doctors, and educators, that word often feels too vague. It ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

When I was 17, I realized that my experience of the things I liked or simply happened to notice around me was more intense than my friends seemed to experience. When I tried to describe what I ...

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Aimee Grant receives funding from the Wellcome Trust and UKRI. The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become part of everyday language. They are often used as different ways of ...

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