Cases of autism are on the rise, with diagnoses in the US jumping 175% between 2011 and 2022. But while this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research ...

For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

Conor McDonagh, owner and director of Caerus Therapies and a specialist occupational therapist, has shared his top five most frequent indicators of autism in women and girls. His firm delivers autism ...

Autism has long been viewed as a condition that predominantly affects male individuals, but a study from Sweden published by The BMJ shows that autism may actually occur at comparable rates among male ...

For Betsey Gorman, 19, attending school as a child was something of a nightmare. “I’ve always been very anxious, and I found the school environment overwhelmingly difficult, without understanding why, ...

For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...