Autism spectrum

Science is looking for ways to better understand an autistic person’s perception of the world. Using laser technology, Ami Klin and Warren Jones of the Yale School of Medicine screened “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” and tracked the gazes of autistic viewers precisely, to study how they perceive social interactions. Biologist David Gruber visited their […]

Jonathan Mitchell is a writer from Los Angeles. He wrote a novel about his life experience with Asperger’s syndrome, an autism-spectrum disorder. Independent producer Tamar Brott met Mitchell in a writing class a few years ago.

Movies and novels are increasingly giving men with Asperger’s the leading role. The Takeaway asks New York Times health editor David Corcoran and New York Magazine film critic David Edelstein how such films affect the community they portray.