Stimming, in all its forms, reflects our shared need for grounding, an expression of the connection between body and mind. Self-stimulatory behaviors are often associated with autism, but in truth, ...

Decades of research into autism has revealed this much: There is no simple answer for what causes the condition. Decades of ...

Recently, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has been the focus of much conversation and confusion. With so much information and misinformation available, it's important to separate fact from fiction. In ...

By analyzing over 213,000 developing human brain cells, researchers show that many autism risk genes act through the ECM.

Traditionally, women and gender-diverse people were less likely to be identified as Autistic because they didn’t fit the ...

After years of growing understanding and care about the lives of people with autism, America is backsliding dangerously under ...

Before you read this post, I want to remind you that my perspective is only mine. And that when I describe my experiences as a late-diagnosed autistic female, I am aware that I do not represent the ...

In peer-reviewed research of 51,000 pregnant women, Ben-Gurion University scientists find that if hormone imbalance is ...

In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...

As an autistic woman living in the United Kingdom, I find something deeply chilling about the most powerful men in America instructing women on what to do with their bodies and babies. This is even ...