In our research, we identified commonalities across autistic adults’ experiences of burnout. The person may have difficulty ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

Tapping a pen, shaking a leg, twirling hair—we have all been in a classroom, meeting, or a public place where we find ourselves or someone else engaging in repetitive behavior—a type of ...

Stimming, also known as self-stimulating behavior, refers to a wide range of repetitive sounds, movements, and behaviors. People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), or autism, use these actions to ...

An autistic meltdown is an intense reaction to sensory or emotional overload in autistic people. When an autistic person becomes overstimulated or unable to cope with their environment, they may ...

Stimming – short for “self-stimulatory behaviour” – is a form of self-soothing commonly seen in autistic people. It can involve repetitive movements, sounds, or actions and is commonly regarded in ...

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One of the most pervasive and harmful myths surrounding autism spectrum disorder is that it is caused by childhood vaccinations. With the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the new secretary of ...

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Gov. Kathy Hochul sits at a desk with a microphone during a press conference on Feb. 13 in her Manhattan office. Matthew McDermott My wife Susie startled me with a question the other week as she ...

Laura Gormley works as an assistant professor in Dublin City university and received seed funding from SCoTENS (The Standing Conference on Teacher Education, North and South) to carry out this study.

CHARLESTON — Dr. Sara Fernandez sat with her three-year-old son, Gael, as he went through a battery of tests that eventually determined he was on the autism spectrum. But as she watched, she felt a ...