Autistic people often experience difficulties with social communication. It's so common, in fact, that it's one of the central criteria for an autism diagnosis. For as long as we have been diagnosing ...

The number of recorded autism diagnoses has risen enormously. During the 1960s, about 4 in every 10,000 children in the United Kingdom were diagnosed. A large study involving more than 7 million ...

I exist in a fairly airtight echo chamber, talking to dozens, if not hundreds, of autistics every day. Within this environment, it's easy for me to forget that most people don't know much about autism ...

The ADOS-2 generates a lot of numbers. Algorithm totals, domain scores, cutoff classifications, and calibrated severity scores. For clinicians who administer the assessment regularly, the scoring ...

When people talk about autism, they often think about a child who is different and may be distressed by their surroundings. Or if the conversation moves beyond childhood, the focus might be about an ...

All scientific studies tell a story. Sometimes the story is very clear, and sometimes it’s hard to find. A new autism epidemiology paper in JAMA, “Autism Diagnosis Among U.S. Children and Adults, 2011 ...

Applied behavior analysis (ABA) is a therapy for autism that encourages certain behaviors and discourages others. ABA therapy is controversial, as some argue that it reinforces the idea that autistic ...

Autism may present differently in people assigned as female at birth. A key feature is masking or camouflaging symptoms. This may result in a later diagnosis. Research suggests females are more likely ...