I recently attended my son's school parents' evening. Having attended his parents' evenings for the last 10 years, I knew what to expect. I'd hear about how well he did in class—how he was focused, ...

Men on average are in the pink range -- they’re interested in how things work, in systems, and less interested in talking about, say, emotional problems.” The final point of the demonstration, and the ...

A new study published by a team of psychologists suggests that the diagnosis of autism could be improved by considering the differences between how women and men experience and act upon their emotions ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Forty autistic men, including Jason Bunn-Parsons, are participating in a longitudinal study on autism and aging. Bunn-Parsons goes to Barrow Neurological Institute (BNI) in ...

Autism has always been framed as a condition that mostly affects boys. Yet after tracking more than 2.7 million people born between 1985 and 2020, researchers found that while boys are diagnosed far ...

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - APRIL 01: Participants from the group #AutismMatters march to the Western Cape Education Department to hand over a memorandum on April 01, 2022 in Cape Town, South Africa.

The number of autistic women is same as the number of autistic men, but women know to hide it well, says research. A study published in the BMJ, found that while the rates of diagnosis for autistic is ...

Compared with neurotypicals or non-autistic people, young autistic men and women face a significantly higher risk of being hospitalized because of mental illness. In a new study, researchers found ...

Autism has long been seen as a condition affecting boys. Researchers say that understanding is finally changing.