The rise in autism diagnoses is likely influenced by multiple factors, including increased awareness, expanded diagnostic ...

The CDC’s new data, collected from 16 U.S. locations, shows that among 8-year-olds, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was ...

They are part of a Rutgers program called Scarlet Hope for Autism: The Road to Excellence in Education (SHARE) in which the ...

Autism's history is filled with misconceptions. Understanding the science helps us move past outdated myths, support autistic ...

Autism, an umbrella term for a spectrum of developmental disorders that can look vastly different from one person to the next, was already a deeply stigmatizing condition for people like Tyler Bunty.

When U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently called autism an “individual tragedy” and ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly referred to autism as an “epidemic” over the past few weeks, a ...

Spectrum and Friends was created two years ago by Topeka High senior Isabella Culbertson. “It’s important to learn new things ...

The 9-year-old moved some school board members to tears with his moving speech refuting Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent claims ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it will not create a new autism registry, reversing an earlier ...

The FDA has granted Orphan Drug designation to BA-102 for the treatment of Phelan-McDermid syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental disorder.

Project Hope receives funding for services through Medicaid, insurance, and private pay. But a “huge gap” remains that must ...