A wider variety of symptoms are included in the diagnostic definition of autism spectrum disorder today than when autism was first introduced as a mental health condition in 1980. Vladimir ...

Autism diagnoses are continuing to increase in the United States, according to a new report published Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An estimated one in 31 8-year-olds was ...

There appears to be a global divide in autism. The US is in the midst of a ballooning autism crisis, with one in every 31 children now said to be suffering from the condition, among the highest rate ...

A new study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders suggests that the ability to comprehend complex ...

It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but it’s even harder to convince a 71-year-old Secretary of Health and Human Services that vaccines and Tylenol don’t cause autism. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has ...

Private equity investors appeared more likely to enter states with a higher autism prevalence and more generous state autism ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joshua Anbar, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) I can say from personal ...