Severe autism, or level 3 autism spectrum disorder (ASD), describes individuals with the highest support needs on the autism spectrum. Individuals with level 3 autism face significant challenges in ...

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 ...

World Autism Awareness Day, observed on 2 April, aims to promote understanding and inclusion of individuals on the autism spectrum. Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition ...

Imagine going through life knowing you experience the world differently than the average person, but not knowing why. Perhaps you don’t understand why loud noises, such as balloons popping, are ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

Decades of research into autism has revealed this much: There is no simple answer for what causes the condition. Decades of ...

The Telepathy Tapes podcast is a fascinating window into the world of autism research and advocacy, exploring the rich mental world of autistic individuals. With scientific rigor and thoughtful ...

Ms. May is a writer and the mother of a child with autism. When I tell strangers that my daughter is autistic, their questions are often so far from my reality, it’s painful. Does she have a unique ...

The three-hit model, developed from more than a decade of systems biology research, proposes that autism develops when three ...

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research is the closest autism science gets to having an Oscars moment of its own. When 2,200 experts from more than 50 countries meet up in ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, is correct that reported autism rates have exploded in the last 30 years — they’ve increased roughly 60-fold — but he is dead wrong about ...