While existing tools represent decades of clinical and research development, they share common limitations: nearly all rely on subjective clinical observation, caregiver report, or clinician ...

Many people know the word autism, but few know the world of autism, and while there has been a huge push for “autism acceptance” as of late, society cannot truly accept an issue that it is not ...

Yesterday, a California jury held Google and Meta liable for causing the depression and anxiety of a woman who used social media compulsively as a child. Another jury in New Mexico said that Meta ...

Around 1% of the world’s population is estimated to be autistic, while roughly 15% to 20% is thought to be neurodivergent. With billions of people on the planet, that adds up to a significant ...

Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people. Since 2013 it’s been baked into the name of the diagnosis itself, autism ...

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Over the past few decades, researchers studying the gut microbiome have noted associations between gut microbes and neurological conditions from depression and Parkinson’s disease to autism spectrum ...

Myths about autism abound. Here, experts explain what’s fact and what’s fiction when it comes to the condition. Plus, what it means to be neurodivergent in this way. Myth 1: Autism is a mental ...

When Mattel announced its autistic Barbie last month, the response was immediate and largely celebratory. Headlines praised the doll as a milestone for inclusion. Social media applauded it as a sign ...

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate and interact, and how a person’s brain develops and functions, from infancy through adulthood. April is Autism Acceptance ...