The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that ...

John Frizzell always had a feeling he was different. The Hollywood film score composer could rattle off facts about chess puzzles, Immanuel Kant’s synthetic a priori knowledge and other esoteric ...

Autism is diagnosed more often in boys than in girls. Part of the reason might be that girls are more difficult to diagnose.

In a park tucked away in Manhattan Beach, my son was having a blast - running like a charged neuron, taking a frisbee that belonged to an unsuspecting mother sitting on a park bench nearby and waving ...

When our daughter Rebecca was young, she became more and more independent as the years flew by. Now a young adult, she is living in Seattle, has a job, is in love and is surrounded by good friends.

Singer Elle King is opening about how life has changed for her since she was diagnosed with autism.

When most people think about autism, certain images come to mind: a child lining up toys in perfect rows, someone avoiding eye contact, or an individual reciting impressive facts about a specific ...

SZA is opening up about a deeply personal part of her life. The Grammy-winning singer recently revealed that she was The SZA Shares She Was Formally Diagnosed With Autism first appeared on The Blast ...

Several stars have revealed that they are on the autism spectrum, including Tamra Judge, Bella Ramsey and more ...

In a recent study published in Nutrients, researchers investigated the association between maternal daily consumption of diet sodas or aspartame during pregnancy and the risk of autism in offspring.