Comedian Joshua Meyrowitz performs recently at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood, during a comedy show that aimed to be inclusive for neurodivergent people. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) ...

During a haircut, my hairdresser of many years urged me to watch "Atypical," a Netflix comedy-drama series. The show is about Sam, a teenager on the autism spectrum who wants to start dating, and the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer by day, Comic by night, who aims to inform, inspire, and amuse. When Autism Speaks was founded in 2005, the autism ...

Joshua Meyrowitz stepped up to the stage at the Laugh Factory in Hollywood and announced himself to the crowd as "your fellow autistic," spurring whoops and applause. "One of the hardest things as an ...