I came out as autistic during the pandemic. Being isolated for so long finally revealed that I had been “masking,” or performing social behaviors that are considered neurotypical, my entire life. And ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a major announcement on autism Sept. 22, ...

As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...

On Monday, President Trump held a news conference where he claimed that autism is “among the most alarming public health crises in history” and something that may be “artificially induced.” ...

A few weeks ago a friend asked me if his daughter could interview me about autism. She was working on a high school project, one component of which was to interview a parent of a child with autism. I ...

A while back, I got assessed for autism. As a clinician, I have always had my suspicions, but wanted to get the opinion of someone else more qualified to assess. I haven't told many people; I mostly ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently claimed that we will learn the cause of autism within a few months. Kennedy told reporters, “we’ve launched a massive testing and ...

New research shows autism rates in women may match men by adulthood, revealing diagnostic bias and the urgent need to update ...