Autism is more common than you might know. About 1 in 36 children has autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to the CDC, and that number has been steadily increasing since the org started ...

SAP not the only company committing to hire more autistic employees. Autism made it hard for Phillip Griffin, 22, to find a job, but now he works at a software company in Illinois. Courtesy Autonomy ...

The Sept. 22 announcement claiming a link between taking acetaminophen during pregnancy and autism was the latest example of a phenomenon unique to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as secretary of ...

In the late 19th century, when Sherlock Holmes was created, there was widespread scientific interest in the workings of the mind, particularly the thin line between genius and madness.

In early 2022, my daughter wrote a poem that likened the post-pandemic world to escaping a "canyon we've been trapped in for so long. All our tools lie broken behind us, yet we lift our voices to song ...

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 ...