For people with autism, path to friendship may start in high school
Not all individuals with autism show signs of falling off a social cliff after high school; those who participated in organized sports and clubs fare the best.
Expert opinions on trends and controversies in autism research.
Not all individuals with autism show signs of falling off a social cliff after high school; those who participated in organized sports and clubs fare the best.
The reasons some people with autism don’t make eye contact may differ between childhood and adulthood.
Community mental health clinics, which serve millions of Americans, can help identify adults with undiagnosed autism — and change their lives for the better.
Women with autism value friendships as much as their neurotypical peers do, but they often have difficulty forming and maintaining them.
Studying the heterogeneity of autism features over time can help us understand why some children do better or worse than expected.
An innovative approach allows families with autism in India or Pakistan to practice communication strategies at home.
The idea that one residential model is appropriate for the entire spectrum of intellectual and developmental disability is patently absurd.
Understanding autism features in children who were deprived of social contact as infants could offer clues to the condition.
Probing the function of a protein in a calcium signaling pathway may lead to a diagnostic test for autism and a path toward treatments.
A minority of boys with autism have brains that are unusually large relative to their bodies — a trait tied to regression and intellectual disability.