Even as a practitioner who works with autistic women, and as an autistic woman myself, understanding what exactly autism spectrum disorder is can be difficult. We tend to think of spectrums in terms ...

The UN officially created World Autism Awareness Day in 2007. Learn more about this year's theme, and the symbols and colors ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month, previously known as Autism Awareness Month – but autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is still widely misunderstood by those outside the autistic community. The Centers for ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social ...