An autism expert sparks fierce debate over whether the spectrum has grown too broad, leading to misdiagnosis in children and ...

This is what the autism spectrum looks like. It is not a gradation from high to low functioning. Source: Jessica Penot, LPC If you are an autistic person who can hold a job and pay bills, you will ...

It's remarkable what you can do when you've never been told there is a reason you might be struggling. I was diagnosed with high-functioning autism at 13, but because I never knew, I've spent most of ...

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Holly Madison revealed she’s been diagnosed with autism. “The doctors told me that I have high-executive functioning, which pretty much means that I can go about my life and do things ’normally,’” the ...

Memantine, a drug approved for Alzheimer’s disease, was associated with significant improvement in social functioning in some children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) without ...