Neurodiversity dictates how people's brains operate and behavior, explaining disorders and conditions such as autism and ADHD ...

After being diagnosed with autism I finally understood why networking left me so exhausted. I take things literally and can't ...

“Thousands!” Adam smiles. “Thousands and thousands!” The list includes major stars like Johnny Depp, Uma Thurman and Owen Wilson. Adam says the pictures are always taken after a polite request, and ...

All his life Andrew Davies has had a sense of not fitting in, that he was somehow broken, weird or there was something wrong ...

A compilation of data on over 12 million patients enrolled in major US health care systems has found that between 2011 and ...

But when people praise her earlier research on autism-like behavior in mice, “I’m like, that is the biggest mistake this field has ever made,” she said. Billions of dollars have been poured ...

Autistic traits shape how we explore A study of 77 university students found an association between autistic traits and success at an exploration game. Date: October 31, 2024 Source: PLOS Summary ...

This process may be less fine-tuned in people with autism, research ... Let Sleeping Babies Lie: Scientists Highlight Negative Impacts of Sleep Disruption on Early Brain Development Oct. 23 ...

Indeed, many autistic people have more easily triggered and stronger fight or flight responses than the general population. (Panju 2015) However, neuron density does not tell the whole story.

The project, called Autonomy: Connecting Communities, is run by Sunderland Culture and aims to bring together autistic people aged 16-25 around the collections, exhibitions and public programmes ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A long-awaited mental health bill to end the use of prison cells for people in crisis and limit the ...

Data on over 12 million patients enrolled in major U.S. healthcare systems found that between 2011 and 2022 the number of people diagnosed with autism climbed by 175%, according to a study ...