Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger's while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as "autistic". But ...

Florida will debut the "Florida Spectrum Alert" on July 1, a new emergency alert tool to quickly mobilize the community in ...

The number of Americans diagnosed with autism jumped 175% between 2011 and 2022 thanks to a surge in new cases among young adults, new research finds. A developmental disorder, autism affects how ...

More than 1.1 million Australians are estimated to be living with an eating disorder. Around one-third of these people are neurodivergent. So why are neurodivergent people, such as autistic people and ...

Autism—a neurological and developmental disorder that impacts communication, learning, and behavior—is being discussed (on podcasts or via neurodivergent influencers or hashtags) and diagnosed more ...

Some kids fight every "demand." The "Big 5" and personality science may explain why—and what that means for treatment.

A rival provider with 14 centers that recently settled civil allegations of fraudulent Medicaid billing is to take over operations at Piece by Piece Autism Centers facilities. States paid ...

Parents of children with autism usually stress the importance of patience to help their children live a normal life. Susan ...

'Spectrum Alerts' will be used to assist in locating and recovering missing children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The policy was established last year by a state law and had to be implemented ...

We must see the person before the diagnosis and ensure that our support systems foster collaboration between national and local governments.

Over the last few decades, considerable interest has been directed to the study of the relationship between Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and Eating Disorders (ED). ASD are defined as a group of ...

Anxiety is a highly prevalent mental health condition, and it is particularly common in autistic populations. However, little is known about its course beyond midlife in autistic populations owing to ...