“We found no evidence in our study or in other studies that [the COVID] vaccine causes harm to the children,” said George R.

The Olympics have just begun. Olympic medals are already falling apart.

Concerns about autism have been spotlighted within the larger Make America Healthy Again movement, motivated by a well-founded alarm over the nation’s devastatingly high burden of chronic disease and ...

Sensory illusions reveal how the brain creates coherence when signals don’t align. In autism and ADHD, perception often ...

When people talk about autism, they often think about a child who is different and may be distressed by their surroundings. Or if the conversation moves beyond childhood, the focus might be about an ...

Autistic and narcissistic individuals can face social challenges in responding to others' emotions but the mechanisms that underlie their social experiences are fundamentally different.

Mothers who experience extreme stress during or after pregnancy may be putting their children at increased risk of autism, a new study suggests.

A large international study found autism diagnoses in girls are often delayed due to masking behaviors, leading to ...

Aliya Rahman speaks to Eric Garcia about her ordeals — on the streets of Minneapolis, in a grim ICE detention center where she was mocked over her condition and through the public threats that flooded ...

If we build these systems responsibly, they can help shift the experience for many families, from delayed reaction to earlier care, from confusion to clarity, and from isolation to support.

For decades researchers have thought of autism as a predominantly male disorder but experts now say it may affect as many ...

The FDA removed a webpage that warned consumers about potentially dangerous products and therapies marketed as autism treatments. An archived version of the page said the agency had warned or taken ...