Wednesday’s edition of ESPN’s NFL Live is set to look entirely different for viewers watching at home on World Autism Awareness Day, thanks to a ton of help from the son of ESPN NFL analyst Dan ...

Autism is a developmental disorder that affects information processing. People with autism have difficulties with social and communication skills. They have restricted interests and engage in ...

Autism may present differently in people assigned as female at birth. A key feature is masking or camouflaging symptoms. This may result in a later diagnosis. Research suggests females are more likely ...

Rebecca Charlton has previously received research funding towards this work from Goldsmiths University College Research Funds. Rebecca Charlton has received research funding from the Dunhill Medical ...

Nicole Rinehart receives funding from NHMRC and ARC. Tamara May does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and ...

High-functioning autism refers to autistic people whose living skills, including communication skills, enable them to live independently. However, the term is problematic, and it is not a clinical ...

No two autistic people have the exact same set of symptoms. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is referred to as a spectrum because of the variety of its signs and symptoms, and the different impacts and ...

The unsatisfying answer to this question is that scientists still don’t fully grasp what leads to autism. Rather than a single gene or lifestyle trend, autism is the result of complex interactions ...

There is a persistent stereotype that people with autism are individuals who lack empathy and cannot understand emotion. It’s true that many people with autism don’t show emotion in ways that people ...

Autism, also called autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a complex developmental condition that affects how people interact, communicate, learn, and behave. People with ASD have differences in their ...