I recently attended my son's school parents' evening. Having attended his parents' evenings for the last 10 years, I knew what to expect. I'd hear about how well he did in class—how he was focused, ...

On a first meeting in his office here at the University of Cambridge, Simon Baron-Cohen comes off as a poster boy for the empathetic scholar. He pulls a chair close, looks directly into his visitor’s ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Autistic women and girls were more likely to be diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, as well as be ...

A new study published by a team of psychologists suggests that the diagnosis of autism could be improved by considering the differences between how women and men experience and act upon their emotions ...

Compared with neurotypicals or non-autistic people, young autistic men and women face a significantly higher risk of being hospitalized because of mental illness. In a new study, researchers found ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Forty autistic men, including Jason Bunn-Parsons, are participating in a longitudinal study on autism and aging. Bunn-Parsons goes to Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) in ...

A new study suggests autism diagnosis rates are “more or less equal for men and women”, significantly challenging long-held assumptions about gender disparities. Previous understanding often cited a ...

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 01: Participants from the group #AutismMatters march to the Western Cape Education Department to hand over a memorandum on April 01, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa.