In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...

Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Key Takeaways Severe autism, or level 3 autism spectrum disorder, describes ...

Earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the search for autism's cause—a ...

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological condition. It is not caused by parenting. Autistic children feel emotions deeply.

April is National Autism Acceptance Month. It is a month set aside to celebrate the contributions and diversity within the community made up of individuals on the autism spectrum. Asia Bailey of Glen ...

Narcissism and autistic spectrum disorders tend to co-occur in families. I regard narcissism as a listening disorder, that is as a difficulty hearing and responding positiively to others' perspectives ...

A new review proposes that autism arises when genetic sensitivity, early-life triggers and prolonged metabolic stress converge. The model suggests that a stalled cell danger response may disrupt brain ...

A New York speech pathologist is using improvisational theater, better known as "improv," to help young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to develop their social skills. Bob Domingo, PhD, a ...

On November 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its website to address the vaccine and autism ...

My second son always just felt different. When I first laid eyes on Walker, I thought, “Finally. There you are.” I didn’t mean, “Finally, after nine months, there you are.” I meant, “Finally, after 31 ...