Since diagnostic criteria for autism was established based on men, autism can be especially difficult to identify in women.

Hollywood doesn't always get it right – especially when it comes to portraying autism. For every nuanced, heartfelt depiction ...

Learning is an Autistic Joy of my life. But school was painful. Painful. Painful. This heartbreak is shared by so many neurodivergent people. Now, a groundbreaking study involving over 700 adolescents ...

I wasn’t looking for a diagnosis in April of 2004 when I began reading a New York Times article on Asperger’s syndrome — then psychiatry’s label for a less-disabling form of autism. But soon after ...