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Before becoming a researcher, Aimee Grant worked as a caregiver for six years in Cornwall, England, supporting autistic adults in group homes. But only more than a decade later, after befriending an ...

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Country and blues singer Elle King is opening up after revealing earlier this year that she has been diagnosed with autism.

Summary: Researchers demonstrated that the brains of teenagers with autism handle the sounds of unfamiliar voices in a ...

Why do some children with autism communicate more easily than others, even when they hear the same words? Researchers from ...

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Although childhood somatic conditions contribute to adult psychiatric conditions, autistic people show elevated psychiatric ...