Too few students with autism or intellectual disabilities have sex education. That omission may prevent them from forming fulfilling romantic relationships, and it may make them targets of abuse.

Many people go more than half of their lives before learning that they are autistic; one writer on the spectrum believes we can do better.

Misinformation about autistic women and sex is common in the scientific community. A study published this year is a case in point.

Not much is known about the connection between autism and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a condition that affects collagen. But preliminary work provides tantalizing clues.