In the past six months, TikToker Leighton’s (@theconsciouslivingcoach) four-year-old autistic son has put her in the hospital ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...

Emotion regulation is a universal challenge for adults and children alike and the primary reason why individuals seek psychological support. Autistic children’s emotion regulation is impacted by ...

Autism is an inherently complex condition, but new research breaks it down into four distinct categories, each defined by a ...

When Tiffany Hammond was growing up in Texas, in the nineteen-nineties, other children teased her for how she spoke: she talked too softly, she talked in a monotone, she paused too long between words, ...

New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

As schools across the country welcome students back to campus, these changes may be a struggle for those students with autism and create a significant safety risk: wandering. Wandering, also known as ...

A California mom tells PEOPLE that she and her husband faced "judgment" over how they parented their daughter with autism.

Research suggests that autistic people have a higher risk for self-harm. Negative and unsupportive environments and challenges with emotional expression and communication may contribute to this ...

A new USC study suggests that gut imbalances in children with autism may create an imbalance of metabolites in the digestive system - ultimately disrupting neurotransmitter production and influencing ...