Autism in toddlerhood looks the same in boys and girls. A large study of autistic kids between 1 and 4 years old turned up no overt differences in symptoms. Those results, published May 26 in Nature ...

A few weeks ago, a close friend told me that she was recently diagnosed with autism. I was astonished at the news: As long as I’ve known her, she has never demonstrated any of the stereotypical ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month, which brings awareness to neurodiversity, encourages support for autistic individuals, and highlights disparities in access to care, support, and resources.

For Betsey Gorman, 19, attending school as a child was something of a nightmare. “I’ve always been very anxious, and I found the school environment overwhelmingly difficult, without understanding why, ...

If you spend an hour on any forum where autistic women show up to support each other and share their experiences, you’ll see one version or another of the same story. In this story, an autistic woman, ...