Researchers have conducted one of the most comprehensive studies on how the autistic brain processes faces. Some hallmark ...

The number of people with the condition has increased rapidly in recent decades. Some researchers and clinicians worry that ...

More teen girls and young women are self-identifying as autistic, giving clinicians a unique opportunity to help patients ...

Just like other teenagers, many teens on the autism spectrum are itching to exercise their social muscles. They hope for new ...

Late-diagnosed autistic women explain the need to fill knowledge gaps after decades of being hidden.

Devon Price had a long list of rules for getting through the most ordinary day: Don’t talk too much about the things that interest you, he would tell himself. Don’t flap your hands or fidget, no ...

Prof. Temple Grandin is the subject of an HBO film, an accomplished scientist, a renowned animal welfare advocate and a prominent autistic professor. But last night, in her last lecture as Cornell’s ...

Difficulty in recognizing dodgy behavior or not being able to predict someone has bad intentions has often been argued as the reason people with autism can become unwittingly ensnared in crimes.

Summary: Researchers demonstrated that the brains of teenagers with autism handle the sounds of unfamiliar voices in a ...