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Find a psychiatrist or psychologist in your area who works with autistic adults — or reach out to a pediatric specialist if you can’t find one
Securing your home, preparing your neighbors and teaching your loved one to swim are key to ensuring your child’s safety
Between 50% and 70% of autistic people also have an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis
Describing people as ‘high- or low-functioning’ is both medically inaccurate and dehumanizing
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Masking is a way of hiding our full selves — and it can have big consequences, particularly when used habitually by people with autism
Differences in symptom presentation may lead to women and girls being underdiagnosed
Current research suggests 1 out of every 36 children in the U.S. has ASD — and that’s probably an undercount
For starters, autism spectrum disorder isn’t a disease
Both terms have been replaced by autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
Self-stimulating behaviors are often ways of self-regulating or coping with intense emotions
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