Common signs of autism include trouble with social communication and a fixation on certain routines or topics — Nelson says ...

In our research, we identified commonalities across autistic adults’ experiences of burnout. The person may have difficulty ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. When we try to learn something new, our curiosity ...

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 ...

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

Natasha Nelson, a 35-year-old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms. She didn't know why people meeting for the first time would choose to engage in ...

AUTISM and ADHD are neurodevelopmental conditions that affect people’s communication, attention and behaviour. But scientists ...

Autism is an inherently complex condition, but new research breaks it down into four distinct categories, each defined by a ...

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 ...

When it comes to attraction, the eyes often tell the story. But what happens when the gaze itself tells us something deeper—about how people perceive and evaluate faces differently based on their ...