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. […]

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. […]

This is a place for autistic adults to build relationships, share stories, experiences and ideas. […]

Don’t let the naysayers talk you out of an ASD assessment if you’ve begun suspecting you’re autistic. […]

Even though I’ve always felt like they were different from me, I’ve always found satisfaction in watching people go by. […]

Navigating adult life with undiagnosed autism and then learning after the diagnosis that loved-ones suspected it all along can have devastating consequences. […]

For companies struggling with high employee turnover rates, hiring autistic people can help solve this problem. According to Gallup, employee turnover costs businesses $1 trillion and is fixable. In addition to the cost of hiring [...]

Here’s a fun, lighthearted article exploring the words “artistic” and “autistic.” […]

I thought I was neurotypical, but this just didn’t feel right. […]

I didn’t think anyone could be so “normal” as to score a 4 on the autism spectrum quotient test. […]