12-21 NOTE: I have just posted the IACC's official statement on autism and violence here. I think both essays are worthy of discussion and I'll await your thoughts on both . . . . John Elder Robison ...

Asperger’s Syndrome has been a part of IT for as long as there’s been IT. So why aren’t we doing better by the Aspies among us? Editor’s note: This story, and the underlying topic, was the focus of a ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

Allysia Finley’s column “What’s Behind the Rise in Autism Diagnoses” (Life Science, March 10) leaves out what may be the biggest culprit: the 2013 inclusion of Asperger syndrome in an “autism spectrum ...

Weber is now a commerce student at Carleton University, getting grades in the 90s. He's also chair of the board at Y's Owl Maclure, an Ottawa co-operative that serves people on th ...

While the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has never confirmed his diagnosis publicly, his daughter Phoebe Gates recently said on Call Her Daddy podcast that her father has Asperger's syndrome. “For ...

Our cultural touchstones series looks at influential books. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is narrated by Christopher John Francis Boone, a 15-year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome ...

Autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum. After a career spent grappling with the condition's neural ...

A diagnosis from Dr. Doomscroll? It may be time for a second opinion. Social media users are increasingly diagnosing themselves with autism after watching TikTok content about the neurodevelopmental ...

PHILADELPHIA — The college gym is packed with employers offering work opportunities, but Jimmy Myers, a freshman at Drexel University, has come to the career fair to speak with just one of them: the ...