Autism — diagnosed in 1 in 31 US children, a rate that's on the rise — affects how people learn, behave, communicate and ...

Six days after a Houston-area mother reported that her 15-year-old son with autism was missing, she was told Friday that ...

Today, in a cabinet meeting, U.S. secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claimed that there is a link ...

Kennedy Jr. said that boys who are circumcised are twice as likely to be diagnosed later with autism. Kennedy speculated that ...

Despite broad efforts in recent years to identify children with autism early, many continue to go undiagnosed for years. New ...

The recent firestorm of misinformation from the White House is a blow to science. The current U.S. administration has claimed ...

Children with autism can be prone to wandering and are often drawn to water. Parents are often faced with the burden on their ...

The claim was swiftly derided by experts who said the main study cited by proponents of this theory was strewn with errors ...

Childhood autistic traits may predict a future PTSD diagnosis, according to a long-term study in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The findings show young people with more traits are ...

Today, in a cabinet meeting, U.S. secretary of health and human services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., claimed that there is a link ...

CNA speaks to parents, educators and psychologists to explore the growing trend of children with autism entering mainstream ...

Clinicians and researchers continue to push back on unsupported claims about the causes of autism while new NIH projects aim to clarify its complex origins.