Maintaining eye contact can sometimes be difficult for autistic folks. Practice and therapy can help, but they’re not the only way to build relationships. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a term used ...

Although autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be diagnosed at any age, symptoms generally appear in the first two years of a child’s life. The earlier ASD is diagnosed, the sooner treatment and access ...

A new episode of The William Gomes Podcast explores early social development in autism, challenging common assumptions about ...

Children diagnosed with autism often have difficulty making eye contact, which can inhibit their ability to create and maintain fulfilling social relationships. Research has also shown that social ...

Most families of children with autism may face long wait times to diagnose their child with the disorder, and once a diagnosis is made, it sometimes may not be definitive. But now, two studies ...

People with stronger autistic trails showed distinct exploration patterns and higher levels of persistence in a computer game, ultimately resulting in better performance than people with lower scores ...

In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers investigated whether autistic characteristics affected the strength of color-shape associations (CSAs) based on the binding errors (BEs) ...