This situation may be even more common for autistic adults, with reasons uniquely tied to their neurotype. I reached out to Bridgette Hamstead, MS, founding director of Fish in A Tree, a virtual ...

But it can be costly and difficult to obtain an autism diagnosis later in life due to a shortage of medical professionals trained to work specifically with adults. Here’s more information on ...

Yet in autistic adults, we saw quite the opposite ... people can benefit from certain products, such as black-out blinds to block out light. Other sleep aids include weighted blankets, sleeping ...

A Boston College computer scientist is directing her research toward assisting a relatively underserved population: adults with autism. Supported by a $500,000 research grant from the National ...

One in 36 children in the U.S. currently has autism, up from 2018 when one in 44 children had it, but now, doctors are seeing a new trend — more adults wondering if ...

And because much has been written about autistic children, we asked them to focus on autistic adults. As Newman puts it, “I think a great deal about what it will take to make my son independent.