Most research on autism focuses on younger people, but some studies suggest older adults face increased risks — and perhaps ...

Autism is often thought of as a childhood condition, but this is far from true. Autism is a lifelong condition – and most autistic people are adults. Yet less than 1 per cent of autism research has ...

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Think about a trip to ...

When we first set out to explore autistic experiences of pregnancy, another topic kept surfacing in the personal accounts we recieved: menopause. Again and again, autistic people described how ...

In the academic year so far, the proportion of children who are “persistently absent” from schools in England – missing at least 10% of school sessions – stands at 19.5%. This is up from last year – ...

As an autistic adult diagnosed later in life, my passion is supporting autistic people across the lifespan in living their best quality of life. My understanding is rooted in lived experience and ...

Emma McKeever and her mom, Pamela, often do artistic projects together. Emma likes to make digital drawings inspired by her favorite songs, and Pamela helps her turn those illustrations into notecards ...

Researchers from La Trobe University have launched a world-leading toolkit for health care professionals to better identify ...

While the exact numbers are hard to come by, estimates of unemployment among the autistic population range from 70 to 85 percent. There’s little doubt that autistic people are the most unemployed, ...