Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

Budget shortfalls and nearly $1 trillion in looming federal Medicaid cuts have prompted states to rein in spending on a widely embraced autism therapy, pinching families who depend on the services.

Myths about autism abound. Here, experts explain what’s fact and what’s fiction when it comes to the condition. Plus, what it ...

Kaelynn Partlow, who starred on “Love on the Spectrum,” donned a viral T-shirt designed in Greenville, S.C., to show support ...

Research suggests that cognitive behavior therapy can be a promising treatment for autistic clients but more study is needed.

Autism, which is referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental ...

The program helps people learn practical life skills, as well as building skills to find employment — things that may feel ...

Some might roll their eyes about yet another trending health label attached to a condition that is slippery to define. Yet new research suggests that more cases of AuDHD – a crossover of autism ...

SAP not the only company committing to hire more autistic employees. Autism made it hard for Phillip Griffin, 22, to find a job, but now he works at a software company in Illinois. Courtesy Autonomy ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...

A new study shows that the newspapers people read are strong predictors of their automatic, unconscious biases toward autism—even after accounting for age, education, political views, and personal ...

To assist him in his quest to determine the cause — or causes — of autism by September, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his hand-picked researchers will have access to a ...