About two to three percent of all Americans—including adults and children—are autistic. With recent reports that autism rates are rising, potentially due to improved diagnosis, there's a lot of ...

When a high-profile entrepreneur blames "too many vaccines" for a rise in autism, the headlines spread faster than the facts. Such a kind of claim doesn't only tap a deep parental fear, but it also ...

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week. In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services disclosed that it’s planning a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kennedy, who has often drawn into question the origins of autism and decried its effects on children in the U.S., announced that ...

New data about autism should be celebrated, not feared. That's what autistic people like Eric Garcia want people to remember as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spreads ...

For decades, we've been told that autistic people lack empathy. This assumption is embedded into diagnostic criteria. It shapes how society views autism and how autistic people are represented in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may have seen videos on social media where people detail the signs that made them realize they're autistic. Viewers are ...