Allysia Finley’s column “What’s Behind the Rise in Autism Diagnoses” (Life Science, March 10) leaves out what may be the biggest culprit: the 2013 inclusion of Asperger syndrome in an “autism spectrum ...

First developed by the psychiatrist Lorna Wing in the 1980s, the term was intended to reflect the wide range of autistic ...

If your child has been diagnosed, you might not know how to explain this to them in an age-appropriate way. Dr Georgia Pavlopoulou, Associate Professor at children’s mental health charity Anna Freud, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SELF spoke with researchers, clinicians, and advocates to understand the uptick in diagnoses of autism in adult women—plus, what ...

MONTREAL — New Montreal-based research has put forth a model that might explain how autism develops in the brain. According to the “Trigger-Threshold-Target” model, autism spectrum disorders develop ...

Is it autism, a learning disability, or both? If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

Researchers Dr. Yuval Hart and Oded Wertheimer from the Psychology department and the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Science (ELSC) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed a new ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, January 14, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Filmmaker Jennifer Silliman has begun production on A Different Kind of Forever, a feature ...

A mother documents her family’s journey through puberty, autism, grief, and the systems that define adulthood without independence. This film isn’t about explaining autism. It’s about time and what ...