Experts have decried the bullying, stigmatisation and exclusion of autistic children, calling on parents, teachers, caregivers and the government to promote inclusive education and protect their ...

We are interested in describing the specific ways that caregivers ‘design’ their talk so that their autistic children are included as participants in the interaction, without having to rely on spoken ...

A major new study reveals that autistic children’s brains process faces differently, and those differences may begin earlier ...

The data showed autistic children were seeking help for suicidal thoughts in A&E at significantly younger ages than their non ...

When my son Sam was seven or eight years old, he spent a good bit of time on weekends upside down on a floral-print armchair in our living room. In one hand, he held Batman; in the other, Robin.

Research consistently shows that autistic people face higher risks of mental health difficulties and are more likely to think ...

The study author told Newsweek that disrupting one autism-linked gene can have "rippling effects" on many others.

University of Houston psychology researcher Jason Griffin, who has pioneered new ways of measuring eye movements to understand autism spectrum disorder, is reporting that children with autism focus on ...

Newswise — In diagnosing autism – the developmental variant that affects around 80 million people worldwide – medical practitioners today put too much emphasis on a child's lack of sociability and not ...

Boston University researcher Meghan G. Graham is the author of a new book exploring the challenges autistic mothers face—and what it means for their children. When many women with autism interact with ...

Neurodiversity advocates have long argued that autistic brains are differently wired. Now, new evidence shows they are right. Researchers have found atypical numbers of brain cells in two key areas of ...