Diana read a book about girls with a milder form of autism. She recognized herself in those pages, “So much of what I read mirrored my experiences as a child and young adult,” she recalls.

Life is masking, masking is life,” declared an autistic woman insightfully in a piece of research, testifying to the truth of ...

estimates that there are about 5,437,988 adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States. That’s about 2.21% of the adult population. Gender distribution in adults mirrors the ratios ...

The signs of autism in adult males include a range of sensory ... The doctor may ask about childhood experiences, talk with people who knew them during childhood, and ask about current and ...

Experts have warned that an adult autism diagnosis is very different from a child's, and revealed three signs that someone could be suffering with the developmental disorder. Autism is a spectrum ...

The event provided adults with autism an opportunity to share their experiences ... “So sometimes you could have a high-functioning adult with autism and not even know that person has ...

The problem is, there’s no established procedure for diagnosing ASD in adults. So, adult autism specialists are hard to find. It might be best to ask your primary care doctor or psychologist for ...

Adults awaiting an autism diagnosis may have to wait up to 18 years before being assessed. The Oxfordshire Adult Autism Diagnostic and Support Service (OAADSS) stopped taking on new patients at ...

She says that adult autism programs help expand on techniques and experiences taught in early childhood. “We want to make sure that there’s reasonable goals and objectives for our ...

The Oxfordshire Adult Autism Diagnostic and Support Service (OAADSS) stopped taking on new patients at the end of November due to the the size of its current waiting list. In documents seen by the ...