The world-renowned autism expert shares her thoughts with NBC News after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered controversial remarks about autistic people. In autism circles and beyond, Temple Grandin ...

WASHINGTON — For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find autism's causes in a few months is jarring — and unrealistic.

According to a new study, we may be able to train AI to detect autism just by looking at how we grasp objects between our fingers. Researchers at York University and their collaborators used ...

The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sheryl Gay ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Autism is predominantly influenced by genetic factors, with heritability estimated at 80–90%. Thousands of genes, including both common and rare variants, are ...

How Individuals Grasp an Object May Offer Simpler Diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder May 5, 2025 — Getting a timely diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is a major challenge, but new ...

Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Google last made a major change to its logo in September 2015, when the company updated its font to a sans-serif typeface. At the time, Google also ...

They enjoyed: - Autism Logo Colouring & Infinity Curve Tracing: Boosted hand-eye coordination and bilateral movement. - Colour-Matching with Ice Cream Sticks: Built visual discrimination through ...

Kennedy Jr.’s controversial autism database, signing an executive order on Wednesday to shield Illinoians’ medical information from the feds. Kennedy, who has spread conspiracy theories ...

Kennedy Jr. just last month indicated plans to launch a “massive testing and research effort” into the cause of autism. “We’re using this partnership to uncover the root causes of autism ...

April 2025 was the weirdest Autism Awareness Month in my life, thanks largely to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The secretary of health and human services finished the month as he began it: spreading ...

Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed an executive order that formally restricts the unauthorized collection of autism-related data by state agencies. Pritzker’s order responds to federal efforts ...