Prosecutors say some publicly funded centers were paid to treat kids who did not have the condition, though medical experts ...

This brings it back around to the point Tal Anderson made about autonomy and independence. Becca wanted something for herself ...

In recent decades, the zebrafish has become one of the most valuable model organisms in scientific research. For a variety of ...

Alex Morgan was lying in bed in the summer of 2022 with Covid. She was 58. A bit bored, Morgan took an ADHD quiz online.

As we enter Neurodiversity Celebration Month, I couldn’t help but reflect on the media portrayals of neurodivergence that ...

Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people. Since 2013 it’s been baked into the name of the diagnosis itself, autism ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in how people learn, communicate and interact with others, as well as restrictive or repetitive behaviors.

When Mattel introduced its new Barbie with autism last month, it did something deceptively simple and quietly powerful: It reflected the real world back to children. For decades, Barbie has been both ...

In retrospect, it’s so obvious that I was autistic when I was a kid. But because I was a little girl in the 70s and 80s, no one picked up on the fact; they just called me weird and intense and ...

Living with autism means experiencing the world differently. While conversations about autism often focus on challenges, many autistic adults possess distinctive strengths that deserve recognition.