ATLANTA (AP) — Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms. She didn't know why people meeting for the first time would choose to ...

While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often associated with childhood, some people with autism are not diagnosed until adulthood, even if they had signs and symptoms in their early years. Autism has ...

The unemployment rate for autistic workers is nearly 40%, one National Library of Medicine study found, far higher than the overall U.S. jobless rate of 4.1% CentralReach in Holmdel develops software ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) It’s not surprising, then, that unfavorable first impressions create barriers for ...

Restricted and repetitive behaviors, along with strong preferences for sameness in both behavior and environment, are noted as hallmark features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Structured routines ...

The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey provides the official statistics on trends over time in autism, psychotic disorder, ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Cindi May, College of Charleston (THE CONVERSATION) First impressions matter − they ...