Lawmakers and disability advocates are calling for support of Eric's ID Law. The bills promote public safety by giving those with invisible disabilities designations of their licenses. Sign up for our ...

As Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump’s nominee for education secretary, sits for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, ...

Stewart will host the annual Night of Too Many Stars autism benefit in New York, with performers including Chris Rock, Adam ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the fastest-growing developmental disorders, with approximately 1 in 36 children in the U.S. receiving an ASD diagnosis. In response to the increasing demand ...

He homed in at times on Kennedy’s statements linking vaccines to autism and repeatedly gave him opportunities to state that vaccines don’t cause the complicated neurological and developmental ...

Maggie Hassan, a New Hampshire Democrat, confronted Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his insistence on falsely linking vaccines to autism, saying the issue was a deeply personal one for her.

But Kennedy repeatedly refused to acknowledge scientific consensus that childhood vaccines don’t cause autism and that COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives, and he falsely asserted the ...

While many studies have reported a link between a mother's health condition during pregnancy and her child's risk of autism, a new study shows that nearly all of these "associations" can otherwise ...

The CAMI (Computerized Assessment of Motor Imitation) game can detect differences in motor imitation skills using motion tracking technology and thus identify autism. It was developed by ...

Encouraging bilingualism at home can have many cognitive benefits, which may be particularly helpful to kids with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), new research from the University of Miami College of ...

For decades, the scientific community has worked to dispel a thoroughly debunked theory that vaccines cause autism and finally shift its focus to find true potential causes. But now, autism ...

Doctors usually test for and diagnose autism in early childhood. However, as symptoms and severity can vary greatly, it can sometimes be difficult to diagnose. Autism is a neurological condition ...