Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Entrepreneur Natasha Nelson always knew she was different. The 35-year old from Stone Mountain, Georgia, struggled with ...

ElliQ is an empathetic care companion designed for older adults aging independently at home. (Image courtesy of Intuition Robotics) A large-scale longitudinal study published in The Gerontologist has ...

Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.

One in 36 children in the United States has autism, according to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — but many don’t learn they’re on the spectrum until adulthood. Those who grow up ...

When most people think about autism, certain images come to mind: a child lining up toys in perfect rows, someone avoiding eye contact, or an individual reciting impressive facts about a specific ...

Jenny Palmiotto calls the idea for the nonprofit she founded, Love & Autism, born from “a professional procrastination.” She was working on her dissertation back in 2013 when it just came to her. “I ...

There is no difference over time in the spatial working memory of older people who have autistic traits and those who are neurotypical, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The new research, ...

Communication is vital to expressing and getting what we want and need, bonding with other people and navigating the world in which we live. But, by definition, autistic people often deal with ...