One reason it's common to be alarmed about increasing autism diagnoses, says Gross, is that societies generally haven't built ...

Here’s how our understanding of autism is changing. Girls and women are being diagnosed with autism at higher rates and researchers say that has to do in part with a better understanding of the ...

A diagnosis can help people forgive themselves for their past mistakes, and allow them to change their lives—for the ...

Severe autism is considered level 3 on the spectrum, as it profoundly impacts an individual’s behavior and social life. Learn ...

More U.S. adults than ever before have autism, and many are being diagnosed not as children, but in later years. While the data don’t pinpoint how many people are over age 18 when diagnosed ...

From 2011 to 2022, diagnoses rose 450% for adults ages 26 to 34. This has shown to be a relief to those who never understood their lifelong symptoms. In other news: AI can be used to determine the ...

In the telling of President Trump and his Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., autism in the U.S. has ...

Michigan's top health official questions Kennedy's research timeline while autism advocates criticize his characterization of ...

While ADHD and autism are both neurodevelopmental disorders, there are many key differences, including distinct symptoms, ...

One in 31 American children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, three times higher than in the early 2000s.