Barbie's first autistic doll has been developed with sensory-sensitive features in mind. See how.

The American toy production company launched the Barbie this week in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network. The ...

There’s a new kind of Barbie girl in this Barbie world. Mattel just released its first-ever autistic Barbie doll in an effort ...

About 2% of the world's adults have autism spectrum disorder. And many people recently have come to the realization that they're autistic as adults, some sharing their stories about their diagnosis or ...

Mattel's autistic Barbie, part of the Fashionistas collection, has sparked debate on representation in kids toys.

An expensive therapy praised as the gold standard for helping autistic children gain the skills they need to become ...

According to a Rutgers study published earlier this year, autism rates in the US have increased some 500% over the past 16 years. But is the rise in autism really the result of better screening, or ...

In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...

Narcissism and autistic spectrum disorders tend to co-occur in families. I regard narcissism as a listening disorder, that is as a difficulty hearing and responding positiively to others' perspectives ...

Illinois House Bill 4472 would create a Blue Envelope Program to help autistic drivers and police communicate, with voluntary ...