For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

Caroline Connor's concerns about her son Mason's development began around his first birthday, when she noticed he wasn't talking or using any words. Their pediatrician didn't seem worried, but the ...

Andrew Whitehouse receives funding from the NHMRC, the ARC, the Autism CRC, and the Angela Wright Bennett Foundation. A heated debate about autism was reignited after the recent publication of an ...

While autism is more widely recognized today than in the past, it's still not often fully understood by neurotypical people. In r/AskReddit, autistic people opened up about what autism is really like ...

A group of prominent scientists launched an independent autism advisory panel over fears that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has politicized the key federal autism advisory board he oversees.

Medically reviewed by Dakari Quimby, PhDMedically reviewed by Dakari Quimby, PhD Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), often known simply as autism, is a developmental disability in children and adults.

Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.