The double empathy problem shows that communication issues between neurotypes are about differences, not deficits. Empathy is easier with those who are similar to us, which can make understanding ...

Alex Morgan was lying in bed in the summer of 2022 with Covid. She was 58. A bit bored, Morgan took an ADHD quiz online. Negative. Then she noticed the fine print on the test. It read that if you have ...

What if everything we thought we knew about autistic communication was wrong? For decades, autism has been described through a lens of deficit. Communication differences were framed as “deficits.” ...

The autism advocacy community is split over whether adding a profound autism subtype will help the most vulnerable autistic people. Since 2013 autism diagnoses have been classified under one large ...