As an autistic woman who has a full time job, lives on my own and even manages to blend in fairly well in social settings when I have the energy, my life has been a series of contradictions. I’ve been ...

Neurodivergent Muslim women are often excluded from the religious and spiritual lives of their communities. How can this be addressed so as to ensure that my Autistic sisters feel safe enough to ...

With rising numbers of women receiving autism diagnoses later in life, it begs the question— why are they flying under the radar for so long? At our clinic, we spend so much of our time diagnosing ...

The basic definition of autism that I’ve given you – that it’s lifelong and neurodevelopmental, and that there are ...

The National Autistic Society says that getting autism diagnoses is important because it helps autistic people understand themselves better and seek appropriate care. But they add that “because of ...

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It's something that Carol Povey, director of the Centre for Autism at the NAS, is deeply concerned about. "In the old days we always thought that autism was very much a male condition," she said.

When I began working with autistic adults, there was only one book I could find on the topic. It held a very narrow perspective on what autistic adults needed. Over the last 10 years, autism advocates ...

The Advancing the System of Care for Autistic Older Adults (ASC) study explores how health and mental health conditions emerge and change for autistic adults as they grow older. The study uses ...

TROY, MI, UNITED STATES, March 12, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Clinical Director at Acorn Health Brings Extensive Educational and Behavioral Experience to Empower ...

A new study suggests autism diagnosis rates are “more or less equal for men and women”, significantly challenging long-held assumptions about gender disparities. Previous understanding often cited a ...