Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For millennia, certain people have exhibited patterns of social behavior and communication that fall outside so-called "normal" ...

Are "traditional" autism and Asperger's two distinct conditions, as depicted in DSM IV? Or are they points on a curve, and properly combined into the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) of DSM5? I explain ...

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Asperger’s share similarities that can sometimes lead to misdiagnosis and general misunderstanding. Asperger’s, or Asperger’s syndrome, is an old diagnostic ...

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Allysia Finley’s column “What’s Behind the Rise in Autism Diagnoses” (Life Science, March 10) leaves out what may be the biggest culprit: the 2013 inclusion of Asperger syndrome in an “autism spectrum ...

Children with Asperger's syndrome show patterns of brain connectivity distinct from those of children with autism, according to a new study. The findings suggest the two conditions, which are now in ...

I often get asked “Does my child have Asperger’s?” in my clinical work. Or, “Do I have Asperger’s?” These are challenging questions to answer. They have stimulated much debate among clinicians, ...

In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association consolidated four separate categories of autism diagnoses — including Asperger syndrome — into the single umbrella diagnosis of “Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg describes herself as having Asperger's while others on the autism spectrum, such as Australian comedian Hannah Gatsby, describe themselves as "autistic". But ...

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 ...