Caring for someone often means experiencing challenges that may not be visible to others. For caregivers, public outings can ...

Mary Kae Marinac, of Andover, Massachusetts, once heard some advice at an autism conference that stuck with her.

With national increased prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder comes great local need for resources in Southwest Florida.

These books smash stigma around neurodivergence, making them great reads not just for kids who are neurodivergent themselves ...

Just before her son’s second birthday, Abigail Warneke grew concerned that he still wasn’t speaking many words.

Autism is a spectrum; it’s not comprised of simple black-and-white rules. The answer is yes and no. While girls do tend to use some repetitive behaviors, they’re more likely to be subtle. In other ...

“Did you take Tylenol when you were pregnant with me?” My 21-year old son, Jack, texted me this just minutes after President Trump’s press conference in which he linked autism and Tylenol. Jack was ...

On Monday, President Trump held a news conference where he claimed that autism is “among the most alarming public health crises in history” and something that may be “artificially induced.” ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

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 ...

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...