High-functioning autism isn’t an official medical diagnosis, but is often used to pin down a complicated set of behaviours. Yet the term itself is not without controversy.

Kanye West, who now calls himself Ye, has announced he has been diagnosed with autism, a developmental disorder. In a podcast ...

On this day, he is evaluating six year old Mathew Walsh, who was diagnosed in the spring of 2005 with Asbergers, a high functioning form of autism. Steven Parker, MD The thing that really ...

Kanye West reveals he has autism challenging past bipolar diagnosis Learn about the signs and symptoms of autism in adults the challenges of late diagnoses and how ASD affects daily life ...

Children on the autism spectrum, especially those who are high-functioning, tend to be exceptionally perceptive. Their ...

According to the National Autistic Society, by age 11 just one-fifth of girls with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism have been correctly diagnosed, compared with half of boys.

Asperger's syndrome refers to a high-functioning form of autism. Although it was once classified as its own condition, Asperger’s is no longer an official diagnosis in the Diagnostic and ...

The attack at an adult education centre was described by the country's prime minister as the worst mass shooting in Sweden's ...