Over the course of a decades-long career, I had a number of fraught conversations with parents who desperately wanted their ...

Autism's history is filled with misconceptions. Understanding the science helps us move past outdated myths, support autistic ...

The three levels of autism are based on the amount of support required for daily functioning. Learn how they are determined ...

created the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. This overarching label encompassed three discrete conditions contained in the previous iteration, the DSM-IV. Those conditions were autistic ...

The DSM-5 also introduced new criteria for diagnosing autism that include persistent deficits in social communication and interaction across multiple contexts, as well as restricted, repetitive ...