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When we, as TV and movie lovers, buy into a fictional portrayal of the real world, it means a lot when we can identify in ...

When ADHD is the only diagnosis on the chart, autistic traits get misread, reframed, or missed entirely. Here are six ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The 988 system is a lifesaving tool for millions, but autistic callers face unique challenges when navigating the ...

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Autism is a spectrum. This metaphor is a helpful way to explain why autism looks and feels so varied across different people. Since 2013 it’s been baked into the name of the diagnosis itself, autism ...

When Mattel introduced its new Barbie with autism last month, it did something deceptively simple and quietly powerful: It reflected the real world back to children. For decades, Barbie has been both ...

There has been a growing demand in recent years to separate “profound autism” into its own diagnosis, outside current parameters. Since 2013, autism diagnoses have been split into three levels, ...

In retrospect, it’s so obvious that I was autistic when I was a kid. But because I was a little girl in the 70s and 80s, no one picked up on the fact; they just called me weird and intense and ...

Adam Omary is a psychologist and research fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. For years, public health debate has often fixated on a supposed rise in the ...

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...