Autistic adults often possess strengths like hyperfocus, pattern recognition, and attention to detail. Identifying and ...

You might know someone who excels at their job but dislikes small talk, or a friend who replays conversations, worrying about ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Entrepreneur Natasha Nelson always knew she was different. The 35-year old from Stone Mountain, Georgia, struggled with ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits made them miserable. All wrong.

ATLANTA — 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 ...

Autism — now generally known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — is a form of neurodiversity that affects how people perceive ...

ElliQ is an empathetic care companion designed for older adults aging independently at home. (Image courtesy of Intuition Robotics) A large-scale longitudinal study published in The Gerontologist has ...

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 ...

Jenny Palmiotto calls the idea for the nonprofit she founded, Love & Autism, born from “a professional procrastination.” She was working on her dissertation back in 2013 when it just came to her. “I ...

There is no difference over time in the spatial working memory of older people who have autistic traits and those who are neurotypical, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The new research, ...