Three different countries, three different research teams, three different samples find the same result: autistic adults show enhanced prosociality toward strangers.

There’s absolutely nothing cute or light-hearted about someone pretending to have a diagnosis. If you’re afraid you might ...

Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

Myths about autism abound. Here, experts explain what’s fact and what’s fiction when it comes to the condition. Plus, what it ...

Research suggests that cognitive behavior therapy can be a promising treatment for autistic clients but more study is needed.

The program helps people learn practical life skills, as well as building skills to find employment — things that may feel ...

Some might roll their eyes about yet another trending health label attached to a condition that is slippery to define. Yet new research suggests that more cases of AuDHD – a crossover of autism ...

The real health needs of autistic people, judge orders National Guard deployment in L.A. to end and more big stories.

A dad shares how families can make holiday gatherings more inclusive and less stressful for neurodivergent kids like his — ...

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 ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...