Experts have slammed a study that claimed severe autism in children can be 'dramatically improved and reversed' with a controversial behaviour therapy. The research focused on a pair of twin girls ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is diagnosed when individuals exhibit characteristic behaviours that include repetitive actions, decreased social interactions, and impaired communication. Many ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I recently had a medical appointment and explained that I’m autistic. It affects how I communicate and understand information, and ...

You might have seen the social media videos: the "five signs you're autistic". You may have heard about long waiting lists for autism diagnosis. You might know, or sense, that the numbers of people ...

I have been going through a chain of autistic meltdowns recently. I have attempted to take time off work and to rest, but my life is an unending labyrinth of stress and responsibility that I cannot ...

There is no significant difference in the effectiveness of how autistic and non-autistic people communicate, according to a new study, challenging the stereotype that autistic people struggle to ...

Tomboy girls who play with boys toys are more likely to be autistic, concerning new research today suggested. Swedish researchers, who analysed data on more than 700 children, found girls who engaged ...

New Delhi: Disturbances in the gut of an autistic child could disrupt how serotonin -- a brain chemical important for social interactions -- is produced, thereby affecting their behaviour, a new study ...

Bill Gates has claimed he would be diagnosed with autism if he were a child today. Gates has said that he believes his obsessive and socially-awkward behaviour as a child would have been labelled as a ...