Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in behavior, social interactions, communication, and sensory perceptions. Some autistic individuals find ...

A recent study published in Nature suggests that a specific genetic sequence, which does not produce proteins, plays a ...

Think about the last time you traveled to visit a different culture. Perhaps you studied abroad or you were around people from a very different community than yours. Did you feel friction? That likely ...

Autism is not an illness that needs to be cured. It is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how a person communicates, ...

WHEN DEPUTY DANNY Healy-Rae stood up in the Dáil last week and said that Autism “wasn’t an issue in my day” and that “there were very few in my day”, I felt a familiar pang. I’ve heard variations of ...

Re “Autism Clinics Pursue Profits From Preschoolers” (front page, May 25): Your investigation into applied behavior analysis, or A.B.A., provides long-overdue scrutiny of this industry’s enormous cost ...

Coming to terms with an autism diagnosis is a process of healing and recovery. How you feel in the early stages is not how ...