Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.
Emotion regulation is a universal challenge for adults and children alike and the primary reason why individuals seek psychological support. Autistic children’s emotion regulation is impacted by ...
Contrary to common perceptions and years of research that autistic people can't describe their emotions or often have muted emotional responses, a new study concludes that many autistic adults are in ...
It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is false and not backed up by the latest ...
Neurotypical people have spent a long time believing people with autism struggle to pick up on social and emotional cues. According to new research, this isn't always the case. Share on Facebook ...
For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...
Research suggests that autistic people have a higher risk for self-harm. Negative and unsupportive environments and challenges with emotional expression and communication may contribute to this ...
Since being ‘late-diagnosed’ with Autism Spectrum Disorder at age 28, I’ve thrown myself into reading about autism, desperate to understand myself and how I went undiagnosed for almost three decades.
Autism, which is referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition, Text Revision, is a neurodevelopmental difference that ...
Autistic parents are rarely acknowledged compared to autistic kids. In reality, there are far more resources for neurotypical parents with autistic children, which feeds into this concept that the ...