Paula Ong knew she was different. She's smart but she couldn't keep a job. "I'm on my 13th job," Ong said. She had trouble getting along, and people thought she was odd. "They think I'm being rude, ...

In the 27 years I have been alive, people have stared at me, teased me, called me names, yelled at me, followed me, run away from me, and, on the internet, begged me not to have children because the ...

There's a misconception that individuals affected by high-functioning forms of autism like to be alone, said Roberta Hoffmann, leader of the Atlantic/Cape May Counties adult-issues chapter of ASPEN, ...

One of the pitfalls of attending medical school is the distressing propensity to self-diagnose the very illness discussed during that day's clinic. At no point in a young doctor's training is this ...

Hollie-Anne provides psychiatric evaluations and medication management for a variety of mental health disorders including, but not limited to, anxiety disorders, depression, and bipolar disorder with ...

Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the April/May 2010 issue of On the Minds of Moms. Statistics have been updated to reflect current data. One subject that is on the minds of moms (and ...

Asperger’s Syndrome has been a part of IT for as long as there’s been IT. So why aren’t we doing better by the Aspies among us? Editor’s note: This story, and the underlying topic, was the focus of a ...

The man credited with developing our idea of an autism spectrum and Asperger's syndrome—Hans Asperger—conducted his research in Nazi Vienna ...