A Levittown father with two children on the autism spectrum has raised more than $100,000 for autism awareness and research over the past 15 years through an annual campaign at the school where he ...

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 ...

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder, has been a topic in the news a lot recently, yet the complex neurological condition remains widely misunderstood. Autism is a difference in how someone’s ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s recent rhetoric around people with autism, the Emmy nominee criticized the Secretary of Health’s comments as “such an ignorant thing to say.” ...

Love on the Spectrum' stars respond to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s comments about autism. Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix/Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s recent ...

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 acce ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to discover the cause of autism by September, saying the “autism epidemic is running rampant.” While cases are on the rise ...

Autism is more common than ever before, a new report suggests. As of 2022, about 1 in 31 children in the United States were diagnosed with autism by the time they were 8 years old, researchers ...

If you missed out on World Autism Acceptance Day and Autism Acceptance Week, you still have the rest of April to learn about autism acceptance and how your community can become more inclusive.