A rapidly growing industry often overprescribes treatment to young children with autism, who spend as many as 40 hours a week ...

Parents in Minnesota were paid up to $1,500 per child if they enrolled kids for bogus treatments at two autism centers in the ...

The industry has grown rapidly, straining state budgets. A focus on finances has led to overbilling, fraud and even harm.

Université de Montréal psychiatry professor Laurent Mottron has spent his career studying the cognitive processes of people ...

Most people picture autism as a behavioral condition. Rocking. Repetitive routines. Meltdowns in the grocery store. Those things can be part of the picture, but they tend to show up later. What ...

Signs of autism typically show up after the age of 1. Autism, particularly in women and non-binary people, has historically been underdiagnosed. Many of us figure out that we're disabled later in life ...

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Seattle Children's Hospital wants to help teach patients and their families about autism. Here to explain is nurse ...

The causes of autism are still unclear, but evidence is building that early intervention — before age 1 — may help mitigate or even prevent the developmental disorder from occurring in the first place ...

A Raleigh fourth grader is helping researchers highlight a hidden struggle for many children with autism: chronic GI issues.