A participatory research project in Austria empowered autistic citizen scientists to identify daily-life challenges and ...

Am I really on the autism spectrum, or am I not? What exactly is the definition of autism spectrum disorder?When looking at ...

Some psychologists think the definition of autism has become too broad. They say a term that encompasses people at all points on the cognitive curve is so broad as to be useless. That is the essence ...

The definition of autism may have become so broad that it risks confusion and even misdiagnosis, according to a new editorial by UCL professor Dame Uta Frith, whose pioneering research in the 1960s ...

COLUMBIA - Most parents fear hearing their child is autistic. But now parents may fear the opposite...that those who are autistic now, will not qualify under a new definition. The American Psychiatric ...

Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, diagnosed in people with limited verbal language and highly repetitive behaviour.

The proposed change to the newest edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM5, would do away with the diagnoses of Asperger’s ...

The FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to a bacteriophage treatment for complicated staph bloodstream infections ahead of a planned Phase 3 trial. Back to Back Heart Drug Failures at ...

The "profound autism" label has gained traction in recent years as a way to describe individuals on the more severe end of ...

Late at night, when I’m alone, I sometimes ponder what it means to be autistic. Do I experience sounds and smells differently from an allistic (non autistic) person? Scientific studies suggest I do.