Last year, Health Secretary Kennedy thrust autism into the national spotlight, calling it an epidemic and vowing to ...

That’s the number of kids identified as having autism spectrum disorder by age 8 in the US. Follow Mason, who’s on the ...

Carl the Collector premiered on PBS Kids in 2024 and was the network's first show to feature an autistic character in the ...

Once the regimen was complete, the researchers used a tool called the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS-2) to measure changes ...

About one in 36 children has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to the CDC. So it’s pretty likely you know a child with autism, be they your cousin, your granddaughter, or your ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

For children with autism spectrum disorder and with an intellectual disability, the options for improving communication and ...

Regalado’s April 14 op-ed, “A Miami school rejected my daughter and started a 15-year fight for inclusion.” As the parent of ...

Autistic spectrum disorders are present from birth or very early in development and affect essential human behaviors such as social interaction, the ability to communicate ideas and feelings, ...