Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may have seen videos on social media where people detail the signs that made them realize they’re autistic. Viewers are ...

You might know someone who excels at their job but dislikes small talk, or a friend who replays conversations, worrying about what they might have done wrong. Maybe you relate to this yourself. Autism ...

While this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research shows otherwise.

Autism has always been framed as a condition that mostly affects boys. Yet after tracking more than 2.7 million people born ...

Cindy Andree-Bowen, School principal of ABC of NC says it can be a process for parents to figure out why their child might be behaving differently, and what triggered it. She says as soon as you see a ...

The month of April is Autism Acceptance Month. April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to embrace the differences of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability that ...

Leah Welborn, a late-diagnosed autistic woman, shares 7 childhood clues that were overlooked in the 1980s due to gender bias and outdated autism stereotypes. Her story exemplifies how autism in girls ...

Despite the increasing awareness and understanding of ASD, "African-American and Latino children with autism are diagnosed at older ages than white children, giving them less of an opportunity for ...

Autism masking involves consciously or unconsciously suppressing natural autistic traits, often to avoid stigma or fit in socially. While masking may provide short-term benefits in certain social ...