Adults can use self-screening autism tests before seeing a healthcare professional. A healthcare professional must provide a formal autism diagnosis based on specific criteria. Autism is diagnosed ...

A while back, I got assessed for autism. As a clinician, I have always had my suspicions, but wanted to get the opinion of someone else more qualified to assess. I haven't told many people; I mostly ...

For families who live in urban or suburban areas, most of the testing to determine whether their child might have autism usually takes place in a university or other specialized clinic. Parents often ...

Many of the autistic adult clients who come to my organization for coaching didn’t know they were autistic until their 20s, 30s, 40s or even later. For most of them, learning they are autistic later ...

Getting a timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is a major challenge, but new research from York University shows that how young adults—and potentially children—grasp objects could offer a ...

Autism can be a taboo topic for many communities. For parents with school-aged children who are diagnosed with autism, there's a concern about having access to resources to assist them, what their ...

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