A study in Nature Mental Health provides evidence that depression, trauma, and loneliness drive suicidal thoughts in older adults with autistic traits. The findings indicate that targeted mental ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While every autistic person is different, common signs of the condition include difficulty in understanding social rules and ...

Epistemic injustice is the assumption that people, usually those with less power, are unable to correctly understand their ...

Many of the autistic adult clients who come to my organization for coaching didn’t know they were autistic until their 20s, 30s, 40s or even later. For most of them, learning they are autistic later ...

Many autistic people over the age of 40 are living without a formal diagnosis, according to new research. A team at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), at King’s College ...

89 to 97 per cent of autistic adults aged 40+ years are undiagnosed in the UK, according to the largest review of its kind which was conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience ...

You might know someone who excels at their job but dislikes small talk, or a friend who replays conversations, worrying about what they might have done wrong. Maybe you relate to this yourself. Autism ...

Accurate perceptions of emotions are essential for successful social interactions. Emotions are divided into different categories, such as basic emotions (anger, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, and ...