The autism net has been cast wider. One group of people now falling under this net more often is women and girls. Studies ...

The prodigies included in the study [PDF] are all famous ... In the general population, by contrast, about 1 in 88 people have either autism or Asperger’s.

King's research into the subject of ableism against neurodiverse people confirms Graham's observations. "Psychologists, family members, doctors, lawyers and politicians have all-too-often defined ...

Autistic people show much more personal variability in the length and speed of their strides, as well as their walking speed.

RFK Jr. said many autistic people will never write a poem − even though there’s a rich history of neurodivergent poets and writers By Bradley J. Irish , Arizona State University April 29, 2025 ...

It's also been a space for people who were diagnosed with autism early in life. Cory Singer was diagnosed with autism at age 4. Now 27, he says TikTok has played "a huge part" in his life.

That's what autistic people like Eric Garcia want people to remember as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spreads misinformation about what he calls an “autism epidemic. ...

A higher percentage of autistic people identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) than the general population, according to research studies.

The definition of autism has not been static. The first studies to describe autism appeared in the 1930s and 1940s, says Francesca Happé, a professor of cognitive neuroscience at King's College ...