What's in a label? Everything, advocacy groups say. May 25, 2011— -- Eileen Parker was 41 years old when she discovered her quirky, misunderstood behavior had a name: Asperger's. The syndrome, ...

Benjamin Wallace, writing in New York Magazine about Asperger's and its use, overuse, and abuse as a term, begins his lengthy piece with a question from the late Nora Ephron: Is every man in America ...

Children with Asperger's syndrome show patterns of brain connectivity distinct from those of children with autism, according to a new study. The findings suggest the two conditions, which are now in ...

There has been much speculation surrounding Adam Lanza, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooter who killed his mother, 20 children and six adults before taking his own life last Friday. As people ...

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was recently mocked for having Asperger's by a person who reportedly works for Twitter, the social media giant that Musk recently purchased. Project Veritas, a ...

It is difficult to think of another neurological diagnosis that has captured the public imagination more powerfully than Asperger’s syndrome. In the 17 years since Asperger’s joined the parade of ...

New historical details link the Austrian pediatrician whose name was used to coin the Asperger’s diagnosis, to the Nazi Party and child euthanasia during World War II. Hans Asperger, who died in 1980, ...

The father of the Sandy Hook shooter doesn’t believe his son's Asperger’s condition is what drove him to commit the massacre in the Newton, Conn., school and suspects other mental-health issues were a ...

When I first noticed a reference to autism in connection with the controversy over vaccinations, it saddened me. I became concerned that being on the autism spectrum was likely to be misconstrued as a ...