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.

Hi! My name is Susana Donofry. I am a psychiatric nurse practitioner. I specialize in prescribing medication for ADHD and diagnosing adult ADHD and mild autism. I only work with adults who are at ...

When most people hear the word “spectrum”, they may picture a straight line, like colours arranged from red to violet.

I am a 54-year-old man with mild autism. I have poor fine-motor coordination and can barely handwrite. At one time I made a living as a medical transcriptionist, but I was fired because my autism ...

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 ...

Having cared for children in my practice for over 25 years, I have found a grand disparity between how we profess to safeguard our children’s future and how we actually care for them. Cliches like ...