Whether catching up with a friend in the grocery store or talking to a family member offering their support, Anne Couldridge, who is a full-time caregiver for her 24-year-old autistic son, Connor, ...

“What strikes me most about this crisis is the ordinary amid the extraordinary." April is recognized as World Autism Month and is usually filled with special events to mark the occasion, including ...

Life, for me, is an ongoing journey of self-awareness. As I have new experiences, or look back at old ones, I continue to discover new facets to my experience of autism. This facet is one that is ...

Experts share symptoms of autism in adults, including social communication challenges, repetitive behaviors, difficulty ...

The simple idea of an empathy deficit in autism is false. Recent research reveals that at least one type of empathy is ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus ...

Throughout the study, the research team compared findings for autistic adults—who were nearly 1.5 times more likely to be readmitted to the hospital within 30 days—to those from adults with ADHD, ...

Psychological therapy offered in primary care and via community mental health care services might provide declines in depression or anxiety in autistic adults; however, the recovery rate is well below ...

Some 89–97% of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind which was conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at ...