A controversial communication method for people with autism may not be the miracle it seems. Free Expression’s Emma Camp ...

Advocates claim it has the power to unlock the hidden intelligence of profoundly autistic people. The results are unstudied.

Autism is clinically defined by impairments in social communication, leading to assumptions that individuals with autism are less effective communicators. But a new study challenges this notion. The ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), commonly referred to as autism, is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by ...

Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core ...

The quirks in Ramsey Brewer’s conversation are subtle. The 17-year-old repeats himself from time to time and makes small mistakes in the words he uses. For instance, he says he and his best friend ...

Many therapists tell me that, with hindsight, they're sure that some of their past clients were autistic. These therapists often feel that they used to have preconceptions about how autistic people ...

Elon Musk's 2021 SNL appearance brought Asperger's Syndrome, now part of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), into mainstream ...

When the pandemic hit, isolation and lost routines were blamed for Merrick's regression—and at the time, it seemed to add up.

Autism is a neurodevelopmental condition with varied trajectories through the lifespan, leading to individualized patterns of ...