Science & Society

Many people go more than half of their lives before learning that they are autistic; one writer on the spectrum believes we can do better.

Catherine Lord’s career has been defined by relationships: with mentors, protegees and, above all, with autistic people and their families.

After a decade of working with the Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation, Geraldine Bliss has co-founded a new organization to develop therapies for the condition.

Speaking about a recent federal advisory on marijuana, Jerome Adams, U.S. surgeon general, put a new spin on long-standing admonitions about the drug.

Emergency rooms throughout California are reporting a sharp increase in adolescents and young adults seeking care for a mental health crisis.