THE disapproving glances directed at autistic children brought to public places often break the hearts of their parents.

Imagine living in a world in which your natural way of being is constantly at odds with societal norms. This is a daily reality for many autistic individuals, some of whom use hidden strategies to ...

Autism spectrum disorders are associated with difficulties in social communication, long attributed to individual socio‐cognitive deficits. As a consequence of this perspective, stigma and pressure to ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

An AI that reads animal movements like words — and extracts meaning from them — has been developed by researchers in South ...

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We must see the person before the diagnosis and ensure that our support systems foster collaboration between national and local governments.

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