Parents often pressure Lawrence Diller, a behavioral/developmental pediatrician, to diagnose their children with autism. He thinks he knows why.

Actress Jeong Jeong-ah revealed that her son, who was once diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, later received a diagnosis of developmental delay recovery and achieved ...

There's now a new Nevada law putting the power of an autism diagnosis into the hands of more qualified doctors.

The basic definition of autism that I’ve given you – that it’s lifelong and neurodevelopmental, and that there are ...

Diagnoses of autism and other neurodivergence are rising. Jessica Eccles and Elizabeth Weir say that the trend is real—and that claims of “overdiagnosis” and insistence on exact case numbers are ...

Key Takeaways Professionals are overextended. Most clinicians and educators report that autism evaluations take hours to complete, with report writing and data collection creating major bottlenecks.

People who learn they have autism after age 6 — the current median age at diagnosis — are often described as having a “milder” form of autism than people diagnosed as toddlers. A new study challenges ...

New numbers show that autism affects one in 59 children. More children are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

I shifted my autistic daughter's education to life skills. At 27, Abbey Romeo is a business owner and part of Netflix's "Love ...

Because diagnosis has become the gateway to funding, the National Disability Insurance Scheme requires redesign, not administrative reform.