More adults have sought insight on their own neurodiversity in the last decade — often after their children are diagnosed or ...

On Jan. 31, The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care (MLTC) issued the final versions of the Applied Behavior Analysis ...

The number of new diagnoses of autism in adulthood is soaring. Signs include challenges with social communication or ...

Advocates worry that as HHS secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could undermine years of work to unlink autism and vaccines and ...

"Autism takes you to a Rain Man thing," he added ... (Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images) Diagnoses have been climbing in recent years, due in part to broader definitions. For decades, the diagnosis was ...

It used to be autism had a fairly narrow definition that was you know clearly identifiable," said Gates. "But this idea that if you're slow socializing — you know, I have a behavior where I rock ...

For more on causes, symptoms, and treatments of Asperger's syndrome, see our Diagnosis Dictionary. As with all autism spectrum disorders, people with Asperger's have difficulties in social situations.

The billionaire noted that autism had a very narrow definition back then, and that some of his childhood traits would fit today's accepted norms. In an interaction with Wall Street Journal, ...