Around 1% of the world’s population is estimated to be autistic, while roughly 15% to 20% is thought to be neurodivergent. With billions of people on the planet, that adds up to a significant ...

I am an autistic woman and a mother. If you google autism and mothers, you will find thousands of articles written about and for women who are trying to parent autistic children. You will find a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. Medical training is designed to mold students into doctors ...

When President Trump told pregnant women last week to avoid Tylenol, citing the unproven claim that it can cause autism in children, experts around the world were aghast. For Laura Klinger, a ...

A new autism workforce survey reveals why many autistic employees succeed professionally while quietly struggling with ...

The first autistic Barbie was created with input from autistic people to reflect real experiences and communication styles. Thoughtful design features like a fidget spinner, noise-canceling headphones ...

Bella Zoe Martinez seeks to change autism depictions in media. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Back in 2023, she had the ...

A diagnosis from Dr. Doomscroll? It may be time for a second opinion. Social media users are increasingly diagnosing themselves with autism after watching TikTok content about the neurodevelopmental ...

PHILADELPHIA — The college gym is packed with employers offering work opportunities, but Jimmy Myers, a freshman at Drexel University, has come to the career fair to speak with just one of them: the ...

The Sept. 22 announcement claiming a link between taking acetaminophen during pregnancy and autism was the latest example of a phenomenon unique to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s tenure as secretary of ...

Mattel's new autistic Barbie has been widely praised online for giving representation to the community. But not everyone, including some autistic people or their family members, is sold on the new ...