A new study published in Nature Mental Health suggests that adults who report high levels of autistic traits through online ...

The autism phenotype has become overstretched, she argues: concepts such as "masking" allow people with relatively mild visible social impairments to be included. Many people find autism diagnoses ...

population studies of genetic links to autism have often included a “Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP)” that pool cases with only a few autistic traits with those that meet all the diagnostic criteria.

and theory of mind paradigms), screening and early identification (i.e., evaluating validity of screening tools), sibling and family functioning (i.e., the broader autism phenotype and behavioral ...