I’ve long worried about how my autistic son will fare when he enters the workforce. He’s got the sort of autism that used to be known as Asperger’s syndrome: On the one hand, he’s extraordinarily brilliant, incredibly friendly and can do anything he sets his mind to. Yet his sensory challenges and unique style of social interactions mean that the traditional workplace could be difficult for him. From the overload caused by ambient noise and fluorescent lights to the anxiety of constant conversation, there is a lot about conventional offices that can be challenging for people on the autism spectrum.

The nine-year-old has autism along with extreme oral aversion and complex eating challenges and will eat virtually nothing but Nature's Path Maple Cinnamon waffles.

What makes Beth autistic? It’s not any one thing, but a multitude of small things. She’s so strongly coded that autistics can easily identify with her.

Risks for autism and depression are higher if one’s mother was in hospital with an infection during pregnancy. This is shown by a major Swedish observational study of nearly 1.8 million children.

The Washington Post's depiction of autism has shifted over the years from a focus on "cause and cure" toward one of acceptance and accommodation, say the authors of a study that examined 315 articles published from 2007 to 2017.

An accumulation of T cells and astrocytes in postmortem brain tissue hints at possible autoimmune origins for many cases of autism.

The father of an autistic girl said he was "blown away" when strangers responded to a desperate plea to help his daughter celebrate her birthday. Remi was so upset when only two children turned up for her fifth birthday party that she asked her mother "where are all my friends?"

She keeps the focus on science, and they hate it.

The ability of people with autism to read what someone is feeling or thinking by looking at their eyes and face may have been underestimated, according to research conducted by a developmental psychology expert from Kingston University.

Greta Thunberg has spoken about her Asperger’s syndrome diagnosis after she was criticised over the condition, saying it makes her a “different”, but that she considers it a “superpower”. Thunberg, the public face of the school climate strike movement said on Twitter that before she started her climate action campaign she had “no energy, no friends and I didn’t speak to anyone. I just sat alone at home, with an eating disorder.”

A major new study has found children with autism are more likely to be bullied by both their siblings and their peers, meaning that when they return from school, they have no respite from victimisation.

At his high school graduation, Jack Higgins approached the stage to receive his diploma with his fingers in his ears to block what he thought would be applause and cheers. Instead, he was met by silence.

The psychologists behind the research hope their insights can help the autistic community and those around them in adapting support available.

Scientists have induced the hallmarks of autism in mice by giving them faecal transplants from humans with the condition. The experiments were designed to test whether the communities of gut microbes found in people with autism have a role in their symptoms, an idea that is gaining ground among researchers.

Study aims to discover whether gut microbes play a part in development of the condition

A new study demonstrates how children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience long-term improvements in gut health and autism symptoms after undergoing a new fecal transplant technique known as Microbiota Transfer Therapy (MTT). MTT improves gastrointestinal (GI) distress by introducing key strains of beneficial bacteria and helping to raise levels of biodiversity within the gut, boosting health overall. At the start of the study, 83 percent of participants were rated as having severe autism. At the end of the study, only 17 percent were severe; 39 percent were mild/moderate; and 44 percent were below the cut-off for mild ASD.

I've always had trouble reading social cues, but in the strip club, where rules and roles are crystal clear, I finally learned to connect. By Reese Piper.

Augmented reality digital therapy solutions can be an effective way to improve the social behavior of children with autism spectrum disorder, according to a new study published in JAMA Network. Children who wore the Superpower Glass wearable technology, deployed via Google Glass, show significant improvements on the Vineland Adaptive Behaviors Scale socialization subscale compared with treatment as usual controls.

The ability to read facial expressions is key to interpreting important social cues during a conversation. For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who commonly show impairments in social interactions, recognizing emotions in others is especially challenging. They also are hindered by a lack of interest in initiating conversation and atypical eye contact.

It's a common but erroneous belief among anti-vaxxers that if a pregnant woman gets jabbed, she puts her unborn child at risk of autism.