Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. When we try to learn something new, our curiosity ...

Before becoming a researcher, Aimee Grant worked as a caregiver for six years in Cornwall, England, supporting autistic adults in group homes. But only more than a decade later, after befriending an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. April marks Autism Acceptance Month, with World Autism Day occurring on April 2 every year. The month is meant to be a time for ...

We feel more anxious when facing uncertain or unpredictable situations, but for those who score higher on autistic traits, ...

Contrary to common perceptions and years of research that autistic people can't describe their emotions or often have muted emotional responses, a new study concludes that many autistic adults are in ...

Autistic people deserve better than a headline. Yet a widely circulated claim that autistic individuals have an average life expectancy of just 54 years continues to echo across media outlets, ...

Write about what you know. That’s why Eric Garcia wrote his 2021 book, “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation.” As an autistic individual reporting on politics as senior Washington ...

Autism has long been thought of as a condition that mostly affects boys, but a massive study from Sweden suggests that idea may be misleading. Tracking nearly 3 million people over decades, ...

When the term “social model of disability” was coined by British sociologist Mike Oliver in 1983, it helped form the basis of the disability rights movement. To mark the birth of that movement, as ...