Despite broad efforts in recent years to identify children with autism early, many continue to go undiagnosed for years. New research suggests that genetics may explain why. Kids who receive an autism ...

A top paediatrician has suggested a key cause of rising autism diagnoses in Australia is a desperation to get access to the NDIS scheme as costs continue to spiral. Experts warned on Wednesday that ...

Autism is not an illness that needs to be cured. It is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how a person communicates, learns, interacts, and experiences the world. In India, awareness about ...

In April, a group of Orange County parents flew to Sacramento to attend a conference hosted by Disability Voices United, an advocacy group for people with disabilities and their families. They wanted ...

The nation’s top health official is promising to determine by this fall why autism rates have surged in recent decades. In a cabinet meeting Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services ...

During a Dec. 16, 2024, news conference at his Florida residence Mar-a-Lago, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump talked about a rise in autism rates in the United States in recent decades, saying (at ...