This news isn’t hard to swallow. Researchers at Yale University have identified a low-cost prescription drug already on the ...

A common lab fish is helping autism research take a more targeted turn The fish are only a few days old, barely beyond the ...

Autism masking involves consciously or unconsciously suppressing natural autistic traits, often to avoid stigma or fit in socially. While masking may provide short-term benefits in certain social ...

The surge in autism diagnoses is often treated as a medical mystery. But it may be better understood as a policy story—one ...

Many of the behaviors manifested by people with autism are the same behaviors officers are trained to perceive as suspicious. As Alice Smith's son Jamie approached his teen years, it dawned on her the ...

The Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) is one of the most widely used and thoroughly researched caregiver interview ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

Many autistic adults experience mental health difficulties. Research shows that autistic people are more likely than neurotypical people to experience emotion dysregulation, having trouble feeling and ...

Play-based sand therapy may help children with autism express emotions and improve behavior, according to clinical trial ...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Warner Robins mother has gathered 28,000 signatures on a petition calling for specialized autism training for law enforcement officers after an encounter involving her autistic ...