Understanding Autism follows filmmaker Scott Steindorff as he aims to discover more about his own autism. Speaking to autistic people all across the spectrum, he seeks to reframe the perception of ...

This intimate picture of how autism mutations work offers scientists new ideas for how to undo their effects. A drug might ...

All scientific studies tell a story. Sometimes the story is very clear, and sometimes it’s hard to find. A new autism epidemiology paper in JAMA, “Autism Diagnosis Among U.S. Children and Adults, 2011 ...

On Monday, the Trump administration is expected to announce Tylenol’s ties to autism risk as well as touting another lesser-known drug as a potential autism treatment. Health and Human Services ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference on autism in D.C. on April 16. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

In elementary school, Ariel sat alone at a desk in the closet. She could see the class through a two-way mirror, but no one could see her. She doesn’t remember if it was a punishment, but she ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a memorial for conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sunday, Sept.

Some welcomed more research and possible new treatments. But the administration’s embrace of unproven science and depiction of autism as a “crisis” has sown deep mistrust. By Sonia A. Rao Sonia A. Rao ...

Autism is a topic Brittany Slawter cares about deeply. All three of her children − ages 11, 12 and 13 − have autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, the clinical name for the condition commonly referred to ...

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1521/jj.41115698.3 Autism spectrum disorder is among the most visible and well-known conditions affecting brain development. Few ...

This response to the briefing, sent to the New York Times by medical-ethics expert Arthur Caplan at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine, is really something: The AP reports that the American College of ...

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