Even as a practitioner who works with autistic women, and as an autistic woman myself, understanding what exactly autism spectrum disorder is can be difficult. We tend to think of spectrums in terms ...

Rebecca Charlton has previously received research funding towards this work from Goldsmiths University College Research Funds. Rebecca Charlton has received research funding from the Dunhill Medical ...

Autism is one of the great mysteries of our time. Six decades ago the disorder was first identified and still nobody knows what causes it. But in Seattle, scientists are hunting for clues. In a KING 5 ...

Autism can be misdiagnosed as another condition, and vice versa. Here’s why that can happen. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition estimated to affect about 1.5% of the ...

The unsatisfying answer to this question is that scientists still don’t fully grasp what leads to autism. Rather than a single gene or lifestyle trend, autism is the result of complex interactions ...

The prevalence of autism in the United States has risen steadily since researchers first began tracking it in 2000. The rise in the rate has sparked fears of an autism ‘epidemic.’ But experts say the ...