There was some backlash to Mattel's newly introduced autistic Barbie. But one doll could never represent an entire community.

I came out as autistic during the pandemic. Being isolated for so long finally revealed that I had been “masking,” or performing social behaviors that are considered neurotypical, my entire life. And ...

On Monday, President Trump held a news conference where he claimed that autism is “among the most alarming public health crises in history” and something that may be “artificially induced.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump and Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a major announcement on autism Sept. 22, ...

As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...

Vermonters who received a late-in-life autism diagnosis were likely covering up their autistic traits since birth. In late December of 2022, I missed a few days of work due to a relatively mild case ...

A father's plea exposes how myths and fear keep capable people with autism locked out of jobs in Michigan, US.