High-functioning autism often goes unnoticed, yet daily work life can involve constant mental effort, masking and sensory ...

February 18, 2010 — Inhaling the hormone oxytocin appears to improve social interactions in adults with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder (HF-ASD), new research suggests. The study showed that ...

GATES, N.Y. – Saturday morning, the Gates Public Library hosted Campaign D, a nonprofit founded by people on the autism spectrum. The event featured a panel of autistic people who each picked five ...

MARIEMONT, Ohio (WKRC) -The 14-year-old Mariemont student's arrest report showed that he has Asperger's syndrome.Psychologists say it's a form of autism. Asperger's has been a way of describing ...

Autistic people may experience heightened menopausal mood and cognitive changes because baseline differences in emotion regulation, executive function and memory are already strained. Hot flashes and ...

Reliable nationwide data in Ghana is limited because of underdiagnosis and the lack of comprehensive reporting systems. However, available estimates suggest autism affects a significant number of ...

Autism is a complex mental health disorder that needs to be understood through its signs and how it affects children and ...

Autism costs the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) more than $10 billion annually. A record 62,500 people diagnosed with autism were added to the scheme last year. Autism now ...

In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...

Level 1 autism requires minimal support and includes challenges in communication and social skills. Level 2 autism needs more substantial support due to significant difficulties with social skills and ...