Despite the surge of the neurodiversity movement and tremendous efforts by schools, parents and SEND specialists, negative connotations around autism still pervade. One need only to look ...

PDA may represent a neurotype to be accommodated rather than a disease to be treated.

A new Macquarie University study suggests that instead of relying on the 'bible' of mental health diagnosis, we need a ...

Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) and autism, as well as a variety of developmental delays and disorders, can ...

and interviews to determine whether a person meets the diagnostic criteria of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as outlined in the American Psychiatric Association's "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual ...

They can also refer to the standardized criteria in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). Individuals with autism and parents or ...

While ASD and ADHD are two different experiences, stimming is a part of the formal diagnostic criteria for autism in the DSM-5-TR. Stimming is also an area of extensive research in ASD.

There are three levels of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), which are described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5). Each autistic person is diagnosed as ...

Introduction: Interest is growing in investigating the ability of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to process social information under conflicting and complex environments. However, few ...

Background: Numerous experimental studies have shown that exercise can serve as an intervention with beneficial effects on children and adolescents with autism. However, a systematic review on the ...

Amna Nawaz: In recent years, the prevalence of autism has risen significantly across all populations in the U.S. Diagnoses are more common among children of color, but one group, Somali Americans ...