For most of human history, the mind was a mystery box. Behavior emerged, and we simply accepted it—strange, brilliant, troubled, gifted. But today, we peer inside that box. We map genes. We track ...

Ms. May is a writer and the mother of a child with autism. When I tell strangers that my daughter is autistic, their questions are often so far from my reality, it’s painful. Does she have a unique ...

Ms. May is a writer and the mother of a child with autism. My daughter hasn’t spoken in five years. She never had many words, but they all disappeared just before she turned 2. She used to clap her ...

Here's what parents need to know. Fact checked by Sarah Scott Over the last decade or more, the number of kids diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder has increased significantly. In fact, the Centers ...