The comedian described why solitude matters to him as he returns to television and prepares to play Fagin in London’s West End.

There is a continuing row over whether it matters if such a broad spectrum of people are defined as having autism ...

IFLScience spoke to Dame Uta Frith, who has studied autism for 60 years and whose belief that a radical change in diagnosis is needed garnered widespread pushback recently.

Sondra Williams is no stranger to medical diagnoses and treatments. As a teenager and young adult, she spent a decade in and out of mental-health facilities, medicated for conditions including ...

When my colleagues and I asked autistic people and parents of autistic children in Sweden how they feel about genetic research in autism, one response stood out: “I hope genetic research finds new ...

Empathy is the ability to understand and be sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, and experiences of another. It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is ...

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Our senses provide us with fundamental information about ourselves and our surroundings. This includes what and where objects are, the speed of our own movement, the safety of substances we ingest, ...