Mild autism is unofficially used to describe level 1 autism, or high-functioning autism. People with mild autism might not get diagnosed until adolescence or adulthood because their traits are subtle.

Any degree of atypicality, from mild to severe, can coexist with any degree of general intelligence, from genius IQ to profound mental challenge. Last week, we laid out a 2D graph, with Atypicality on ...

Vermonters who received a late-in-life autism diagnosis were likely covering up their autistic traits since birth. In late December of 2022, I missed a few days of work due to a relatively mild case ...

A 2024 study of autism screening included an important finding: Pediatric clinicians who use a standardized screening tool are more likely to flag toddlers as potentially autistic. However, the ...