My travels with autism started long before my diagnosis at the age of three years and three months. My family noticed autistic features from around 15 months of age. I never looked at people and did ...

Basic research into genetics, environmental factors, and other biological contributors to autism over the past 30 years has given us a far deeper understanding of neurodevelopment and how differences ...

Autism is diagnosed more often in boys than in girls. Part of the reason might be that girls are more difficult to diagnose.

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In elementary school, Ariel sat alone at a desk in the closet. She could see the class through a two-way mirror, but no one could see her. She doesn’t remember if it was a punishment, but she ...

Most of Diana’s 59 years were spent trying to figure out a social world that mystified her. Finally, well into middle age, she received a diagnosis that explained her struggles ─ autism. She learned ...

For many women, adult diagnoses of autism are “a light in the darkness”, an epiphany of self-understanding. My “lightbulb moment” came in my late 20s. “They thought you were autistic,” my mum mused ...