The Latest Breaking News from Autism

In society, we’re expected to follow all kinds of unspoken rules about how to behave around others. Break them, and you risk coming across as rude or out of place. But for people with autism, reading those cues isn’t always straightforward. So when one man joined his mother’s dinner with…

Public health and autism specialists roundly condemn alteration to the ‘vaccine safety’ webpage

I live with several cocker spaniels. They are smart and affectionate, but sometimes air-headed, impulsive and extremely sensitive. It’s common for friends to describe my dogs as “having ADHD” as one of my canine whirlwinds whizz past.

The Vienna-based ‘father of neurodiversity’ was ahead of his time in his work but was also implicated in the Third Reich’s crimes. My novel set out to explore these contradictions

She literally rotted into the couch while her parents did nothing.

Doctors have warned that mixing the two drugs can be dangerous as they both contain a high amount of a certain chemical

There never seems to be a shortage of good crime shows on TV, and network television is teeming with detectives who think – and act – differently.

Experts say pregnant women should still be advised to take Tylenol to treat pain and fever

The term “neurodiversity” is still relatively new. Even now, there’s no firm agreement among experts about what it should include. Does it refer only to neurodevelopmental differences such as autism, ADHD and dyslexia? Or should it stretch further, to include mental health conditions too?