As an autistic American, I have seen so much progress for autism acceptance occur in my lifetime. I got to witness autistic individuals finally being elevated to top positions of the neurodiversity ...

I was diagnosed with autism at the start of sixth grade. Here's my story of how I got to journalism and now Vermont.

Last year, Health Secretary Kennedy thrust autism into the national spotlight, calling it an epidemic and vowing to ...

Mitchell is a professor of medicine and vice chair for research in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During the recent White ...

There was a New York Times headline that caught our eye this week - "Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played A Role In That." It's an opinion piece written by Dr. Allen Frances. Dr. Frances, a ...

Autism is a topic Brittany Slawter cares about deeply. All three of her children − ages 11, 12 and 13 − have autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, the clinical name for the condition commonly referred to ...

DEAR ERIC: I’m 73, divorced, and in fading health. I’ve never really fit in anywhere in my life. My son had a very rough start in life, and I overcompensated by helping him out far too long. He’s 43 ...

A young Long Island man who overcame autism to graduate high school as valedictorian is now poised to graduate from Hofstra ...