Joshua Meyrowitz stepped up to the stage at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood and announced himself to the crowd as “your fellow autistic,” spurring whoops and applause. “One of the hardest ...

Even though it's often difficult for toddlers with autism spectrum disorders to make eye contact or to focus on people's faces, they have little trouble looking at photographs of faces, US researchers ...

We were two comedy writers who’d decided to start a new project: a satirical news website based on our experiences of being autistic. Our vision was modest – we didn’t expect to attract a ...

A new study reveals that autistic children may perceive faces differently. Researchers tracked eye movements in nearly 400 children, finding that autistic children exhibited more "exploratory" eye ...