For those who have gone through it, know the ordeal: the path to an autism diagnosis often stretches on for months or years.

A new autism diagnostic tool could enable earlier detection — and it’s as simple as going to the bathroom. The breakthrough ...

A new scientific study has raised hopes for earlier autism detection by developing a simple urine test that may identify ...

A State-funded autism assessment process, launched last week and due to begin in July, will include adults for the first time ...

Autism is not an illness that needs to be cured. It is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how a person communicates, ...

“Does he have autism?” Robert’s mother asked anxiously. I’m a behavioral/developmental pediatrician working in a front-line private practice for the last 45 years in a Bay Area suburb. The family had ...

Ashley Presley, whose daughter Presley has autism, shares her family life to over 1 million followers online ...

Doctronic reports that late autism diagnoses in adults are rising, offering critical self-understanding and access to ...

Ashley Lewis started sharing her family’s autism journey because she remembered how alone she felt after her daughter Presley’s diagnosis. More than a decade later, ... Read More ...

“I was failed by a system that rewards compliance,” Tyler Barnett tells PEOPLE. “It wasn’t built for me" ...

The documentary "Room to Move" follows choreographer and performer Jenn Freeman as she reframes her creative process to ...

“We found that some neighborhood factors are strongly related to ADHD symptoms in autistic children,” said Catrina Calub, the first author on the paper. Calub is a postdoctoral researcher in the ...