For Seri Amalia Khairil, mother to a 13-year-old son with autism, family outings require careful planning and can be ...

What I did to help my 5-year-old autistic son overcome his intense fear of indoor spaces might not have been right or even safe. Doctors didn’t recommend it. The people who witnessed it were appalled, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alison Escalante M.D. covers neurodiversity, pediatrics and parenting. When we try to learn something new, our curiosity ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental condition that can affect behavior and social communication. However, it is a misconception that autistic people do not feel empathy. This article ...

Autistic people often experience difficulties with social communication. It’s so common, in fact, that it’s one of the central criteria for an autism diagnosis. For as long as we have been diagnosing ...