This casual phrase might seem harmless but it misunderstands what autism really is and can do real harm to autistic people.

One of the most harmful myths is that vaccines cause autism. Decades of research and large-scale studies have repeatedly ...

I wish that neurotypical people put in as much effort into understanding me as I do for them,” writes Rachel Barnes in an ...

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 ...

For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s promise for "pulling back the curtain" to find autism's causes in a few months is jarring — and unrealistic.