autism

Autistic people have higher rates of chronic physical health conditions across the whole body and are more likely to have complex health needs...

Cambridge scientists are today launching a search to find people who have exceptional memory, as they attempt to understand why some people are much...

New autism diagnoses tend to be clustered within specific NHS service regions, suggesting that where an individual lives may influence whether they...

A major study of children with intellectual disabilities has highlighted the additional challenges that they often face, including a much-increased...

The criminal justice system (CJS) is failing autistic people, argue researchers at the Autism Research Centre, University of Cambridge, after a...

A significant number of people who died by suicide were likely autistic, but undiagnosed, according to new research that highlights the urgent need...

An ambitious new research project, Spectrum 10K, launches today and will recruit 10,000 autistic individuals, as well as their relatives, living in...

While autistic individuals are less likely to use substances, those who do so are more likely to self-medicate for their mental health symptoms...