I don’t care if my child with autism ever pays taxes — but I do care that she may never have the opportunity to work or live ...

Scientists found a genetic link between autism and DM1, where repeat DNA sequences disrupt brain gene splicing. This sheds ...

People with a little-known genetic muscle condition may be 14 times more likely to develop autism, a study published this ...

Scientists from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the University of Las Vegas, Nevada (UNLV) have uncovered a ...

A small study suggests that gut imbalances may explain why some autistic children experience changes in brain function and ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says autism is a rapidly growing epidemic in the United States. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein has more on what Kennedy is planning in ...

Leadership at The Autism Society of America is pushing back against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s recent pledge to find the cause of autism spectrum disorder.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pledged that the country's top health agency will pinpoint the cause of autism by September, an announcement which sparked a wave of concern among ...

Autistic people, parents and autism advocates are expressing concerns about Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s announcement that the health agency will uncover what causes ...

Kennedy Jr. said Thursday. But experts expressed doubt that the research would be done in good faith, given Kennedy’s history of linking autism and vaccines despite strong evidence that the two ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a “massive testing and research effort” aimed at determining the cause of the “autism epidemic” by September, HHS Secretary Robert F.