Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An ADHD diagnosis didn’t fully explain Leanne Maskell’s experiences. An autism diagnosis provided the final puzzle piece - Matt ...

Most women are diagnosed with autism late in life. The CDC indicates that for every four men with autism, there is one autistic woman. However, a more recent study by McCrossin (2022) shows that this ...

In a park tucked away in Manhattan Beach, my son was having a blast - running like a charged neuron, taking a frisbee that belonged to an unsuspecting mother sitting on a park bench nearby and waving ...

Disclaimer: I am not a medical professional; I am only sharing my own experience. Also, if you’ve met one autistic person, you’ve met one autistic person; we are not a monolith, and I don’t claim to ...

The February 2024 issue of Autism Parenting Magazine is publishing my story about how a pack of gum saved my marriage. It didn’t literally, but it sure helped when my autistic sons were blowing up ...

We truly never know what goes on inside another person’s head, and this drives me crazy, in particular with my autistic son. Nat is a quiet man. He gives nothing away. Ever since he was a little guy, ...

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THE mum of a teenager with severe autism reckons Metallica saved his life. Superfan James Harris, 15, has autism, epilepsy and other additional needs. His challenges led to him living in a ...

In hindsight, someone should have alerted a doctor when I started checking out stacks of computer programming manuals from the library at age 12. That's what was running through my mind at age 30, as ...