Autistic adults can experience co-occurring physical and mental health conditions that complicate everyday life and make ...

Perfectionism can be a recurring challenge for some high-masking autistic adults, but why does getting everything right feel ...

What does giddiness or joy or anger feel like? To a group of autistic adults participating in a Rutgers study, giddiness manifests like "bees"; small moments of joy are like "a nice coffee in the ...

A systematic review of thirteen qualitative studies finds that autistic adults experience eating disorders as inseparable ...

An autism or ADHD diagnosis can transform how people understand themselves. But better mental health support is needed both ...

For people without autism or intellectual disability, 12% of hospitalizations were for mental health conditions. Researchers found that after discharge from the hospitalization, almost 1 in 5 autistic ...

Many mothers only get diagnosed after their children show autistic symptoms and they recognize they have similar behaviors.

John Frizzell always had a feeling he was different. The Hollywood film score composer could rattle off facts about chess puzzles, Immanuel Kant’s synthetic a priori knowledge and other esoteric ...

In elementary school, Ariel sat alone at a desk in the closet. She could see the class through a two-way mirror, but no one could see her. She doesn’t remember if it was a punishment, but she ...

Contrary to common perceptions and years of research that autistic people can't describe their emotions or often have muted emotional responses, a new study concludes that many autistic adults are in ...

Our understanding of and diagnostic criteria for autism, a lifelong condition, have evolved considerably over the last 50 to 60 years. One fall-on effect of this awareness: Many autistic adults ...

Adult children cutting ties with parents is not a new phenomenon. A 2020 study found that 10% of Americans were estranged from a parent or child (Pillemar, 2020). This situation may be even more ...