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 ...

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While every autistic person is different, common signs of the condition include difficulty in understanding social rules and ...

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

Autistic adults who took part in an adapted group-based program in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reported reduced ...

Many of the autistic adult clients who come to my organization for coaching didn’t know they were autistic until their 20s, 30s, 40s or even later. For most of them, learning they are autistic later ...

British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Social Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's College London Autism is often thought of as a childhood condition, but this is far from true.

Many autistic people over the age of 40 are living without a formal diagnosis, according to new research. A team at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), at King’s College ...

89 to 97 per cent of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind which was conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ...

Accurate perceptions of emotions are essential for successful social interactions. Emotions are divided into different categories, such as basic emotions (anger, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, and ...

Living with autism means experiencing the world differently. While conversations about autism often focus on challenges, many autistic adults possess distinctive strengths that deserve recognition.