Does your kid have questions about autism? Experts suggest using conscious language and exploring autism-affirming resources ...

More than one in 100 people are believed to be autistic. Here we look at what it is, how it is medically diagnosed and how it can make people feel.

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

The simple idea of an empathy deficit in autism is false. Recent research reveals that at least one type of empathy is associated with autistic traits. Further, processes that co-occur with ...

Soon after psychiatrist Leo Kanner first identified autism in the 1940s, he and his colleagues proposed a simple explanation for its cause: mothers’ “lack of genuine warmth” toward their children.

She wanted advice from a specialist about specific tools to cope with difficulties but said she "was only offered group sessions, which as an autistic person, that's kind of your worst nightmare".

The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become part of everyday language. They are often used as different ways of referring to someone who is “neurodivergent.” The term was coined in ...

The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become "part of everyday language" since the phrase was coined in the 1980s by psychiatrist Dr Lorna Wing, whose work transformed how autism was ...

Joshua was 15 when he triggered one of WA's most significant public health data breaches. His story highlights the challenges ...

Last week President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the United States’ secretary of health and human services, held a press conference during which they linked use of the common pain reliever ...