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What is considered mild autism?

Medically reviewed by Kira Graves, PhD Key Takeaways Mild autism is unofficially used to describe level 1 autism, or ...
The terminology related to autism can be confusing. Hans Asperger, an Austrian psychiatrist and paediatrician, first identified a subset of children of average intelligence or above who otherwise ...
GATES, N.Y. – Saturday morning, the Gates Public Library hosted Campaign D, a nonprofit founded by people on the autism spectrum. The event featured a panel of autistic people who each picked five ...
There's been a significant rise in individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in recent years, with an estimated 61.8 million cases worldwide. Experts are now calling for better access ...
When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...
Do vaccines cause autism? Is it bad parenting? Can autism be cured? Experts bust common autism myths and explain how ...
President Donald Trump today linked acetaminophen, the active component in the widely used, over-the-counter drug Tylenol, to rising autism rates in children in the United States and warned against ...
“Interventions are increasingly shifting their focus from trying to make autistic people look more like non-autistic people, to adjusting the environment and other people's perceptions about autism so ...