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 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.

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 ...

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.” ...

Kennedy Jr. over remarks he made about people with autism last week. During an April 16 news conference, Kennedy discussed a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that ...

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 ...

Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study autism, the NIH's top official said Monday. The new data will allow external researchers picked for Kennedy's autism studies to study "comprehensive" patient data ...

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 ...