"While the AQ-10 can provide an indication of autistic traits, it is not a diagnostic tool. A high score on the AQ-10 suggests that further assessment might be necessary, but it cannot confirm an ...

Natasha Nelson, a 35-year old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn’t have an innate sense of social norms. She ...

a psychiatrist who specializes in autism at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. “We’re human beings in general. We like routines … just having a bit of pleasure and feeling ...

We like routines ... just having a bit of pleasure and feeling better with routines does not mean you’re autistic," Westover said. "It goes a little bit deeper than that.” Russell Lehmann, 34, has ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Natasha Nelson, who was diagnosed with autism in August 2023, just after her youngest daughter was also ...

After Tom Sheppard was diagnosed with autism, a program designed for Australians on the spectrum helped him land a job that plays to his strengths. The 30-year-old was feeling burnt out being ...

“Autism takes you to a Rain Man thing,” West said. “When fans tell me to do my album a certain way, I’ll do it the opposite way... The constant feeling of not being in control spun me out of control.” ...

President Trump shared figures inflating the spike in autism in a post Tuesday morning promoting his pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, highlighting a key data point in ...