This 39-point visual map moves beyond ‘mild’ or ‘severe’ labels to reveal the true complexity of the autism spectrum. The official diagnosis of autism has undergone multiple reinterpretations and ...

When people hear the word autism, it’s often associated with a specific set of traits. But in reality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is just that—a spectrum, encompassing a broad range of differences ...

AUTISM is strongly associated with the psychosis spectrum, both at trait and diagnostic levels, a new systematic review and ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – One in 31 American children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, three times higher than in the early 2000s. Diagnostic criteria have broadened significantly over ...

A large international study has found that autism and psychosis may be connected at both symptom and diagnostic levels.

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A paper published in Molecular Psychiatry, led by researchers from Queen Mary University of London and Royal Holloway, ...

Autism spectrum disorders are associated with difficulties in social communication, long attributed to individual socio‐cognitive deficits. As a consequence of this perspective, stigma and pressure to ...

Have you ever been with someone you couldn’t quite figure out? Maybe they correspond with you fluently via text but then seem stilted and make odd comments during conversation. Maybe they come across ...