Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.

Getting a timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is a major challenge, but new research from York University shows that ...

Researchers have already used Medicaid and Medicare claims data for a long time, said Eric Rubenstein, an autism researcher at Boston University. The data is ideal for studying health disparities and ...

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

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 Understanding the science helps us move past outdated myths, support autistic ...

A UNLV-led study has discovered a new molecular path that leads to autism, potentially opening the way for more intervention in the future. The study by Łukasz Sznajder, a UNLV chemistry and ...

Love on the Spectrum' stars Dani Bowman and James B. Jones respond to RFK Jr.'s autism misinformation, including his plans to ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication ...

The latest surveillance data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a steep rise in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), extending a years-long trend of ...

Jack Spahr, who has journeyed a long way to become an independent adult since he was officially diagnosed with autism, ...

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said autistic kids will never pay taxes, hold a job, write ...

focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD. ASD was ...