The primary issue any treatment for adults has to address is masking. In the study "Death by Suicide Among People with Autism: Beyond Zebrafish" (2021), researchers found that adults with autism ...

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Big surges in new autism diagnoses among young adults, as well a rise in diagnoses for girls and young women, have driven a ...

A new study suggests diagnoses have increased at a faster clip among younger adults over the past decade. Autism spectrum disorder spiked 175% among people in the U.S. from 2.3 per 1,000 in 2011 ...

USA Today reports on a study published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open that says the rate of autism for adults ages 26 to 34 grew more than 450% from 2011 to 2022. Also in the news: daylight saving ...

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The number of American children and adults diagnosed with autism increased 175% in roughly a decade, according to new research that shows an uptick among certain groups appears to be driving the trend ...

While new diagnoses among male children during the study period rose by 185%, they soared by 305% among girls, the data showed. Among adults, women charted a 315% rise in autism diagnoses between ...