Basic research into genetics, environmental factors, and other biological contributors to autism over the past 30 years has given us a far deeper understanding of neurodevelopment and how differences ...

‘People are like topics and most topics bore me, and I’m bad at hiding that’: Annabel Fenwick Elliott - Rii Schroer for The Telegraph I wouldn’t call it an excuse. But it’s certainly an explanation.

Important quotes to read and share throughout April and beyond. Some of these missives come from celebrities, book authors and parents of kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Some you may have ...

My travels with autism started long before my diagnosis at the age of three years and three months. My family noticed autistic features from around 15 months of age. I never looked at people and did ...

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My name is Saskia Lupin, I am 21, an aspiring actor from Brighton and I am autistic. I’ve come a long way in 21 years. I was non-verbal until I was eight years old. School was a huge struggle of ...

Autistic parents are rarely acknowledged compared to autistic kids. In reality, there are far more resources for neurotypical parents with autistic children, which feeds into this concept that the ...

In my first few weeks at UCLA, I attended parties and burned myself out academically. Five weeks into my freshman year, I had to return home because I got mono and exhausted myself. I realized that to ...