ATLANTA (AP) — More than $1 billion has been spent over the past decade searching for the causes of autism. In some ways, the research looks like a long-running fishing expedition, with a focus on ...

Imagine having a child who meets all of the milestones for development as an infant, but in his toddler years, everything changes. Progress becomes regression. Verbal skills may disappear, and younger ...

Most moms-to-be know there are benefits to consuming folic acid during pregnancy. But moms may not know researchers now believe those benefits include reducing the risks of having a child with autism.

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 advocates ...

In some ways, it’s a subtle shift; in other ways, it’s profound: April, once known as Autism Awareness Month, is now Autism Acceptance Month. Regardless of whether you see it as subtle or profound, I ...

July marks the 28th anniversary of passage of the American with Disabilities Act. We've come a long way in the past several decades in the way we think about people with disabilities. And with the ...

Diagnoses of autism have risen sharply in recent years across the U.S. The number of care providers has also grown, as have concerns about oversight. What's not in dispute is a public crisis around ...

(NewsNation) —An autism awareness advocate says when a public figure such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. makes comments that “tie autism to harmful myths,” it can “undermine all the progress” that has been ...

ATLANTA — More than $1 billion has been spent over the past decade researching autism. In some ways, the search for its causes looks like a long-running fishing expedition, with a focus on everything ...