Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition typically diagnosed in childhood. In part because symptoms of autism in girls and women can seem more subtle compared with symptoms in ...

I see many women who have autism spectrum disorder—or who suspect they may be on that spectrum and want to find out more—who don’t have an official diagnosis of ASD. And I see women who have been ...

Autism is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are about 5,437,988 adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) ...

Autism diagnoses have increased sharply in recent decades, leading to speculation that the condition is new or triggered by modern environmental factors. But a comprehensive review of research on ...

The National Autistic Society says that getting autism diagnoses is important because it helps autistic people understand themselves better and seek appropriate care. But they add that “because of ...

When the idea that a woman may have autism is first raised—whether she's come to that conclusion from something she's read, as the result of having her child diagnosed, being aware of a relative with ...

Big surges in new autism diagnoses among young adults, as well a rise in diagnoses for girls and young women, have driven a near-tripling of U.S. autism cases in just over a decade, researchers report ...

A major new scientific review brings reassuring news for expectant parents: using acetaminophen, commonly known as Tylenol, during pregnancy does not increase a child’s risk of autism, ADHD, or ...