These biases and shortcomings are the subject of “Off the Spectrum: Why the Science of Autism Has Failed Women and Girls,” a new book by brain imaging expert Gina Rippon. Rippon, professor emeritus of ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition typically diagnosed in childhood. In part because symptoms of autism in girls and women can seem more subtle compared with symptoms in ...

This was it. This was where years of research and self-doubt had brought me; years of switching from pill to pill and doctor to doctor. It had been almost a decade of collecting diagnoses like BPD, ...

I love my daughter. My love for her is more profound than the ocean demands self-sacrifice. I was 25 when I first got pregnant and had no idea I was autistic. It wasn’t until two years later that I ...

New AACAP policy statement not only recommends payers offer coverage for evidence-based developmental relationship-based therapies, but also advises all physicians consider DRBI when recommending ...

Positive Development, a developmental therapy provider for children with autism, announced Wednesday that it raised $51.5 million in Series C funding. The McLean, Virginia-based company’s model is ...

Women with autism tend to present differently than men, a fact which has often led to misdiagnosis and under-diagnosis. As a result, women who have autism and don’t receive a diagnosis tend to judge ...

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Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. These biases and shortcomings ...