Black women and girls on the spectrum have long been under-diagnosed and overlooked. A diagnosis arrives late for many of them — or not at all.

The summer before sixth grade, I was diagnosed with autism. Though it took until I was almost 12 to get that official verdict, my parents had noticed the signs for years. I didn’t start talking until ...

The autism advocacy community is split over whether adding a profound autism subtype will help the most vulnerable autistic people. Since 2013 autism diagnoses have been classified under one large ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — An internationally renowned autism expert and researcher is returning to his hometown to speak at the University of Saint Francis and Concordia High School. On Thursday, ...

Note: "This is Me" references the penultimate song in the 2008 Disney Channel movie "Camp Rock," sung by Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas. The song had gotten into my head while working on this piece. The ...