I did it again: congratulated an adult when he said he just got his autism diagnosis. […]

The person you recently did business with just might be autistic! Autistic people are everywhere and, like it or not, it’s time neurotypicals accept this. Autistics should not be regarded as some separate, inferior or [...]

Don’t let these eight things to know before your ASD assessment end up as “Things I WISH I’d known before my autism assessment.” […]

Autistic teens need to spend less time playing videogames and more time strength training with weights – including girls. […]

In a YouTube video Isaac Butterfield challenges why there are so many adult autism diagnoses these days. […]

Bouldering is a form of climbing that can be done indoors at gyms dedicated to bouldering; no rope or harness required. Autistic kids will benefit tremendously from bouldering. […]

Ashley’s heavy autistic masking since childhood has shielded her true authentic self even from her own parents. She explains how this dual life works. […]

Are you autistic, unemployed or have little money and wondering how to get started with an exercise program? You have a built-in gym: your body. […]

Ariadne eloquently describes the difference between her severe childhood trauma and the way her innate autism affects how she processes and sees the world. […]

If your young child was diagnosed with autism and you keep this a secret from them, it can cause a lot of harm. An autistic woman to whom this happened explains why. A child psychiatrist [...]

As an autistic and ADHD person with co-occurring chronic health conditions, my having to deal with the bureaucracy of healthcare can be overwhelming and disabling. […]

Can an autistic adult bang or hit their head hard enough to trigger a brain bleed? […]

If you suspect autism but then read these autistic traits, you might end up swearing you’re not autistic even though you really are. […]

When an autistic person requires “low support needs,” does this mean the so-called accommodations? […]

If you have a late diagnosis of ASD, should you tell your cardiologist, whether you’re being seen for heart symptoms or just for a routine checkup? […]

Timothy Blackwell’s dynamic drawings are printed on tee shirts, sweater tops and tote bags. […]

We are the ASD Band; all our musicians are autistic and we write and record original songs. Here’s our message. ASD stands for Autism Spectrum Disorder. We are ASD Band (pictured above), and all of [...]

An autistic college professor lived falsely as a neurotypical for 20 years. […]

If I don’t care what anyone thinks of me, then why do I mask my autistic stimming (repetitive behaviors) in public? […]

Neurotypicals must stop seeing Autistics as a subspecies or different species of human, and Autistic people need to do their part too as far as viewing humans as all one kind. […]

An autistic adult who presents childlike with an intellectual disability may actually have a high IQ and a professional job. […]

Have you been diagnosed with ASD but are now overwhelmed with the idea that you actually don’t have it? […]

A life skills app for college students with ASD, intellectual and other cognitive disabilities that helps them thrive while parents use an easy portal to keep track. […]

Do you find that holding eye contact creates a sense that you’re invading or intruding upon someone’s personal space? […]

I was inspired to write this after reading about the mom who literally cried when her autistic teen was rejected by a girl he asked to be his valentine. […]

Autistic adults tell of the rude comments they’ve gotten in public about their stimming behaviors. […]

Though autism is considered a disability by the ADA, this doesn’t mean that every autistic person feels disabled or views their neurodivergence as a handicap. […]

Just because an autistic person isn’t looking at anyone nor speaking doesn’t mean they’re not following what’s going on. […]

I was diagnosed autistic in middle age and will be celebrating the one-year anniversary of this diagnosis. […]