Over the course of a decades-long career, I had a number of fraught conversations with parents who desperately wanted their ...

"We need to identify the exposures that are causing this epidemic and compensate the families of the injured." ...

It's considered a neurobiological condition because "autism likely begins before a baby is born and affects their social ...

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

Comments by U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have mobilized the autism community to dispel misconceptions about ...

After 10 years of being a parent of an autistic child, there are many things that would have helped if I had just known it ...

Those who work with children with autism say the recent increase in diagnoses comes from better screening for — and wider ...

Introduction The decision to pursue an autism assessment can be both empowering and anxiety-inducing. Whether you’re a parent navigating the early signs in your child or an adult seeking answers after ...

Despite what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have you believe, it isn’t autism itself that’s caused us the most harm, but the ways ...

Long undiagnosed, autistic women and girls who cope by putting on their "best normal” are finally being recognized.

A child’s growth isn’t just measured in height and weight. Young kids also reach milestones in how they play, learn, speak, act and move. Becoming familiar with both markers — physical size and ...

One of the most notable things about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a ...