During Donald Trump's first State of the Union Address of his second term, he asked newly appointed Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to look into what he claims is an increase in cases of ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age when symptoms first appear may help anticipate the specific traits, ...

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 ...

There appears to be a global divide in autism. The US is in the midst of a ballooning autism crisis, with one in every 31 children now said to be suffering from the condition, among the highest rate ...

Researchers at Princeton University and the Simons Foundation have identified four clinically and biologically distinct subtypes of autism, marking a transformative step in understanding the condition ...

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s appointment in confusion. Their toddler – who was very social – didn’t resemble the ...

For decades, researchers have looked for links. Most believe the disorder springs from a complex interplay of genetics and environmental factors. By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn and Azeen Ghorayshi ...

However, in the mini-brains linked to autism, the researchers saw an overproduction of excitatory neurons. This imbalance may ...

When Marc and Cristina Easton’s son was diagnosed with autism at 20 months, the Baltimore couple left the doctor’s appointment in confusion. Their toddler – who was very social – did not resemble the ...