Discovering the cause of autism isn’t the point. Creating neurodiverse-affirming resources and services is what is needed.
Recent headlines about Tylenol use during pregnancy potentially increasing the risk of neurological conditions such as autism ...
Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus ...
By the time Moira Robertson got an official autism diagnosis at 23 years old, she had missed out on a lot of the ...
The idea of autism as a single spectrum has shaped thinking for decades. But many autistic people and researchers now argue ...
Earlier and later diagnosed autism have different underlying biological and developmental profiles," said Varun Warrier.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy set the tone back in April when he announced the Trump administration’s plan to find the ...
KFF Health News — Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of ...
In TODAY.com's Never Have I Ever series, a psychologist explains how to properly hold space for someone else' emotions.
Scientists — people who, unlike Trump and Kennedy, have actual expertise in these matters — objected. Dr. Helen Tager-Flusberg, director of the Center for Autism Research Excellence at Boston ...
Who gets access to Medicaid and subsidized health insurance – and who doesn't – is at the center of the government shutdown.
Juli Shamash's 19-year-old son, Tyler, died of a fentanyl overdose in 2018: Now, she's working to pass a federal law to ...