From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any kinds of mental illness. They don’t discriminate, affecting people of all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, ages and backgrounds.
About 0.7 percent of children in China aged 6 to 12 — and 1.15 percent of 10- and 11-year-olds in Greece — have autism, figures that are consistent with prevalence estimates elsewhere.
Since the pandemic began, Matthew Lerner and his team have become part of a massive experiment on maintaining social connection at a distance.
Like so many other events this year, autism’s biggest annual conference — the International Society for Autism Research meeting — was forced to go virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Shared sketch books chart a father-daughter relationship over time and provide a valuable outlet for self-regulating emotions.
Intellectually or developmentally disabled group-home residents are dying from COVID-19 at twice the rate of all New Yorkers with the virus.
Having an autistic brother or sister can pose challenges, but it can also make children patient, empathetic and resilient.
With pandemic restrictions lifting, many researchers are cautiously returning to work.
Autism prevalence differs between Latino and white children in part due to structural inequalities within the U.S. education and healthcare systems. Social workers are in a prime position to help.
Most toddlers who screen positive for autism do not receive the recommended referrals for follow-up tests or therapies.
