“He’s autistic,” I say, responding to a question about my 9-year-old son. After shifting in her chair, a co-worker responds: “It must be hard to have a child on the spectrum.” A version of this ...

For the first time since he was about 2 years old, Chris Harlow has started communicating. Harlow, now 9, is autistic and non-verbal, so simple tasks like asking for something to eat or to go to go ...

I wanted to express my gratitude to The Chronicle for raising awareness of the needs of autistic college students in the article “Learning the ‘Unspoken Rules’” (January 31). As an autistic adult who ...