After more than 50 years of research, scientists still don't know exactly what causes autism. But the data make clear that ...

Each year, during autism acceptance month, many individuals and organizations engage in activities featuring autism. In the last few years, we have come a long way as a society in trying to understand ...

Lots of people tell 20-year-old Paige Layle that she “doesn’t look autistic,” from commenters on her TikTok videos to an interviewer at a local TV station. They usually mean it as a compliment — but ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Accessing care for autistic adults or parents of autistic children can be difficult. With hundreds of parents losing Medicaid and low reimbursement rates for providers, ...

March 13, 2007 — -- A new effort is being launched to better educate parents and pediatricians about the earliest signs of autism. There are no known causes or cures for this disorder, but the ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Here’s another powerful story for our ongoing series. This reader asked ...

Lots of people tell 20-year-old Paige Layle that she “doesn’t look autistic,” from commenters on her TikTok videos to an interviewer at a local TV station. They usually mean it as a compliment — but ...

Earlier this year, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged that the search for autism’s cause — a question that has kept researchers busy for the better part of six decades — ...

A model of a DNA molecule is displayed in the New York office of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research in 1962. (Anthony Camerano / Associated Press) Earlier this year, Health and Human ...