Autism News

A poorly written DSM criteria set is useless. The essential prerequisite to an accurate diagnosis is that different clinicians can agree on whether it is present or absent in a given individual.

In any harsh political climate there's much snarking about free stuff and those who are supposedly getting it.

Publishing information in your paper that seeks to attribute the MMR vaccine to autism is grossly irresponsible and destructive.

Five-year-old Charlie Webb, right, who has Asperger's, meets the cast of Spot's Birthday Party at the Oxford Playhouse with his sister, Amber, two, and his mother, Tracey.

New York a Burt Bacharach knew writing a memoir would be emotional - not because of his never-heard backstage tales or his tumultuous marriages.

All artificial colors, flavors, MSG and the preservatives BHA, BHT, TBHQ and Calcium Disodium EDTA cause an allergic reaction in all who consume them.

Two years ago, Kathy McRae felt the need to salvage some good from her son's death of a drug overdose, but she'd long felt helpless on that battlefront.

I have Asperger's Syndrome, ADHD and dyslexia. Though these neurodiversity issues do not define who I am, they certainly help.

A long-anticipated revision of an official diagnostic guide to mental illness, known as the DSM-5, was released this week.

My son was a typically developing toddler. He met his milestones early or on time.

Eight-year-old Charlotte Tait has an IQ of 130 but she has been known to slap, bite and pull the hair of her teachers after quickly losing her temper when she feels she is not being listened to The parents of an eight-year-old girl whose IQ means she is of superior intelligence, have spoken of their despair after their daughter was expelled from ... (more)

A Beaverton man whose adult son has Asperger's syndrome has self-published a book he hopes will help other parents whose children are on the autism spectrum.

I am sure there would be many people who like me wish they could read the minds of other people.

Along with 28 other cities across the country, Phoenix took park in a walk to raise awareness for Angelman Syndrome.

The autism community is a fractious bunch. We argue over the causes of autism, the best treatments, or even if it should be treated at all.

SAP will provide job coaches to act as mediators between autistic workers and their colleagues.

German software company SAP is looking to recruit people with autism as programmers and product testers, drawing on skills that can include a close attention to detail and an ability to solve complex problems.

Great Britain is in the midst of a measles epidemic, one that public health officials say is the result of parents refusing to vaccinate their children after a safety scare that was later proved to be fraudulent.

Actions have consequences. No matter how much the person might want to try to hide from the consequences of one's actions, they frequently have a way of coming back, grabbing you by the neck, and letting you know they're there.

The Associated Press in the United States has picked up on a media story from the United Kingdom that blames Dr.