Sessions in which autistic men on the Isle of Man are offered the chance to learn basic outdoor survival skills have become a ...

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 ...

Autism has always been framed as a condition that mostly affects boys. Yet after tracking more than 2.7 million people born between 1985 and 2020, researchers found that while boys are diagnosed far ...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge University have published new results in the journal PLoS ONE from the largest ever study of people with autism taking the 'Reading the Mind in the Eyes' test ...

The term “autism” was first used in 1908 by Eugen Bleuler to describe a subset of schizophrenic patients who were especially withdrawn and self-absorbed. 1 However, it was not used as a diagnostic ...

CHICAGO - Men who become fathers in their 40s or older are much more likely to have autistic children than younger dads, a new study released Monday shows, bolstering evidence that genetics ...

Researchers have discovered that a mutation of the MDGA1 gene, a key factor modulating the connections and characteristics between nerve cells, serves as a new cause of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ...

Weathers was officially initiated into the fraternity on Nov. 16, calling the moment a "big achievement" for his autism community. Alex “Rooster” Weathers of Vicksburg, Mississippi, has become the ...

Mental health conditions are common among autistic adults, with 50% of autistic adults having a co-occurring condition, like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ...