One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

Many of the autistic adult clients who come to my organization for coaching didn’t know they were autistic until their 20s, 30s, 40s or even later. For most of them, learning they are autistic later ...

British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London Autism is often thought of as a childhood condition, but this is far from true.

89 to 97 per cent of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind which was conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ...

In grade school, Jamie Donovan often spent recess picking bark off trees. At home, she sometimes hid in her father’s truck if she needed to block out visual stimulation and sounds. She usually had ...

Accurate perceptions of emotions are essential for successful social interactions. Emotions are divided into different categories, such as basic emotions (anger, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, and ...