Autism rates are on the rise, with diagnoses in the US jumping 175% between 2011 and 2022. While that’s due to a combination of factors — including changing guidelines for diagnosis and more young ...

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Autism is more common than ever before, a new report suggests. As of 2022, about 1 in 31 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism by the time they were 8 years old, researchers ...

A study published in Nature Neuroscience has split autism into two distinct biological types based on how the brain wires its ...

If you’ve met one person with autism, the saying goes, you’ve met one person with autism. This popular quote attributed to autism expert Dr. Stephen Shore captures a truth that has long challenged ...

Autism has long been viewed as a single condition with a wide range of symptoms and abilities. Some autistic people need ...

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev psychology researchers have found two groups of children who received delayed autism diagnoses. The earlier children are diagnosed—ideally in the first two to three ...

When Donald Trump gave a press conference in late September urging pregnant women to avoid taking paracetamol unless medically necessary because of a possible link to autism, the reaction from the ...

Young, media-savvy autistic creators are sharing snippets of their daily lives and explanations of the challenges they ...

Every child develops differently. Some speak early, while others take a little longer. Some are outgoing, while others are naturally quiet. But sometimes, what appears to be a simple delay may ...