Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus ...

Some autistic teens often adopt behaviors to mask their diagnosis in social settings helping them be perceived — or “pass” — as non-autistic. For the first time, researchers are able to observe brain ...

New research links the disorder to abnormal brain development. Nov. 8, 2011— -- A new, small study provides a tantalizing clue to the causes of autism, suggesting that children with the disorder ...

I’m autistic and non-speaking. Here’s what I want you to know - ANALYSIS: Timothy HoYuan Chan of The Conversation busts three myths about the nonspeaking autistic community ...

Communication is vital to expressing and getting what we want and need, bonding with other people and navigating the world in which we live. But, by definition, autistic people often deal with ...