ATLANTA (AP) — Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms. She didn't know why people meeting for the first time would choose to ...

A new study found that non-autistic U.K. adults are less able to understand animations (representing specific words) ...

New research has revealed that people with similar levels of autistic traits are more attracted to each other, and their brains synchronize in unique ways during passive and active communication. The ...

Autism is defined as persistent deficits in social communication and social interactions across multiple contexts and restricted repetitive patterns of behavior interests or activities (DSM-V-TR, 2023 ...

People with social communication disorder (SCD) have difficulty with verbal and nonverbal communication in social situations. The person may have difficulty processing language or understanding social ...

Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten ...

While autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is often associated with childhood, some people with autism are not diagnosed until adulthood, even if they had signs and symptoms in their early years. Autism has ...

The new analysis study showed the delay may stem from genetic mutations that are present when a child is born – but activate ...

New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.