People with similar levels of autistic traits show greater social attraction to one another, and their brains synchronize in ...

The autism advocacy community is split over whether adding a profound autism subtype will help the most vulnerable autistic people. Since 2013 autism diagnoses have been classified under one large ...

People on the autism spectrum function differently, and find it more difficult to identify the human emotions of their peers. Educators therefore try to clarify feelings and vocabulary with children ...

For four decades, a controversial idea has shaped how autism is understood by researchers, healthcare professionals and the public: the claim that autistic people are “mind blind”. The phrase suggests ...

Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...

After a career spent grappling with the neural underpinnings of autism, Uta Frith is unwavering in her controversial call to ...