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" ...

One of the most interesting ASD studies to emerge this year is titled, The relationship of Asperger’s syndrome to autism: a preliminary EEG coherence study. It’s brought to us by a team from Boston ...

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 ...

Benjamin Wallace, writing in New York Magazine about Asperger's and its use, overuse, and abuse as a term, begins his lengthy piece with a question from the late Nora Ephron: Is every man in America ...

The moment 12-year-old Ian Thayer asked his mom to go outside for Pokemon hunting, Stephanie Barnhill was struck with wonder and excitement. No, she wasn’t obsessed with trying to catch all 145 ...

News reports are saying that Adam Lanza suffered from Asperger's Syndrome -- leading some people to conclude that the disorder and its association with autism is to blame for the shooting rampage. Not ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. insists that autism cases are only on the rise for children, but ...

The term was coined in the 1980s by psychiatrist Dr Lorna Wing, whose work transformed how autism was understood in the UK.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Austrian doctor who first identified Asperger syndrome was an ...

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 ...