Autism ranks among the top ten health problems for young people under 20. A new study published recently in The Lancet Psychiatry says that in 2021, nearly 62 million people had autism spectrum ...
The number of recorded autism diagnoses has risen enormously. During the 1960s, about 4 in every 10,000 children in the ...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects every individual differently. Scientists have identified more than a thousand genes associated with ASD, yet no single gene accounts for most cases. This has ...
When people hear the word autism, it’s often associated with a specific set of traits. But in reality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is just that—a spectrum, encompassing a broad range of differences ...
Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...
Brain-cell cultures are suspended in a dish at the lab of Sergiu Pasca, a Stanford University professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences. (Timothy Archibald) Using a host of high-tech tools to ...
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger’s while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as “autistic”. But ...
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