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 ...

What is this Asperger's Syndrome, anyway? After many years of knowing that I was different, I finally learned why when I read Wired magazine's "The Geek Syndrome," which described an autism spectrum ...

A memorial to Asperger syndrome by Andrew I. Lerner. This autism profile was first described in a 1944 paper by Hans Asperger. The APA has shown Asperger’s the door, as promised — or as threatened, ...

What distinguishes Asperger’s Disorder from classic autism are its less severe symptoms and the absence of language delays. Children with autism are frequently viewed as aloof and uninterested in ...

Remember Taare Zameen Par? The 2007 masterpiece that tugged at our hearts and opened our eyes? We followed seven-year-old Ishaan Awasthi (Darsheel Safary) as he struggled with dyslexia — until his ...

In the book "Asperger's Children: The Origins of Autism in Nazi Vienna," Edith Sheffer writes about the doctor who first diagnosed Asperger's Syndrome. Sheffer tells NPR's Michel Martin how Hans ...

I first met Dan when I was 17 – I saw his gorgeous blue eyes, floppy blond hair and sweet smile and was smitten. My friend Lauren actually took me along to check him out for her – but he liked me ...

One in 68 children would be identified with autism in the US each year. For a country like France it is 650 000 people who would be on the autism spectrum, including 250 000 children. People diagnosed ...

Anthony Hopkins is calling bull on his wife’s armchair diagnosis. The acclaimed actor, 87, balked when his wife, Stella Arroyave, suggested he has Asperger’s Syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder on ...

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 ...