TUCSON, Ariz. — In 2018, the CDC released new data showing about 1 in 59 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder or ASD -- 1 in 37 boys, 1 in 151 girls. That's a 15 percent increase from ...

TRADITIONALLY, women and gender-diverse people were less likely to be identified as autistic because they didn’t fit the stereotype of how autism “should” look. This generalisation was based on ...

It’s well known that women frequently fall victim to misdiagnosis in the medical field due to doctors who may overlook important symptoms in cases of both mental and physical health. This happens due ...

Imagine a world where being different is not just accepted but celebrated. For many individuals with autism, this dream is still far from reality. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects millions ...

Medical professionals have learned a great deal about autism over the years, but there is still a lot unknown. Autism can be explained medically as a bio-neurological development disability, but to ...

Henry Markram, the neuroscientist behind the billion-dollar Blue Brain Project to build a supercomputer model of the brain, has set the goal of decoding all disturbances of the mind within a ...

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(WJAR) — Going inside the world of someone with autism. That's the aim of a new initiative from The Autism Project. "A lot of times our families get criticized for why is your 5-year-old walking down ...

Considering this month is an important time to learn more about autism, we thought we’d ask you, our readers, viewers and friends: If any of you have a close connection to autism spectrum disorder ...