For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

The National Institutes of Health is backing doctoral student Jessica Smith’s commitment to improve access to specialty care, ...

The Center for Clinical Standards and Quality at CMS was “staring down a crisis” when Lee Fleisher took charge of the center ...

A former school bus aide has pleaded guilty to assaulting three nonverbal students with autism who were unable to report the ...

John Montell “Monty” Mitchell was reeling last year. He heads into next year, though, freshly certified as a paramedic, committed to fatherhood and nurturing a dream that ends in the letters “M.D.” ...

Hi! It’s Rachel in New York, where I’ve been looking at a blood test that’s gotten a lot of attention lately. More on that in a second, but first ... At a White House event in September where ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House announcement about autism is expected Monday afternoon after President Donald Trump's weekend comment that "I think we found an answer" to the developmental disorder.

It has been a year since the deadly firestorms ripped through the Palisades and Altadena, killing 31 people, destroying 17,000 structures and changing the lives of thousands of residents. While many ...

An autism diagnosis can take years, but a new hair test promises answers much sooner – even for babies as young as one month old. Rebecca Bertheola noticed her 3-year-old son George showing early ...

Top scientists outlined key reasons behind the rising prevalence of autism diagnoses, saying HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ignoring answers from decades of research. (Nature) The FDA approved ...