autism

by University of California, Los Angeles edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin  Editors’ notes Credit: Brett Sayles from Pexels A new UCLA Health study highlights concerning gaps in how child neurologists understand and address motor difficulties in children with autism, despite research showing these movement problems affect the majority of autistic children and can significantly impact their development. […]

by Gavin Stewart, The Conversation edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: CC0 Public Domain Autism is often thought of as a childhood condition, but this is far from true. Autism is a lifelong condition—and most autistic people are adults. Yet less than 1% of autism research has focused on older autistic people. This means we know very

by Timothy HoYuan Chan, The Conversation edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain My travels with autism started long before my diagnosis, at the age of three years and three months. My family noticed autistic features from around 15 months of age. I never looked at people and did not respond when called. I lined