Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people. Since 2013 it’s been baked into the name of the diagnosis itself, autism ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mattel's new autistic Barbie has been widely praised online for giving representation to the community. But not everyone, ...

Each year, during autism acceptance month, many individuals and organizations engage in activities featuring autism. In the last few years, we have come a long way as a society in trying to understand ...

Psychologists and psychiatrists have found many manifestations and varying degrees of autism, each with their unique challenges. Because the disorder is a spectrum, one person with autism may be ...

Mattel's new autistic Barbie has been widely praised online for giving representation to the community. But not everyone, including some autistic people or their family members, is sold on the new ...