A surge in diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder among adults reveals a shift in awareness and understanding of the condition ...

The Mason County Sheriff's Office is searching for 15-year-old Hayden Osborne, who was reported missing on Saturday.

A Swedish study finds that the risk of developing Parkinson's disease before age 50 is four times higher in people with autism than those without. But a Parkinson's diagnosis before that age is rare, ...

Researchers introduced three TRIO gene variants into mice, showing how each mutation led to brain size reduction and altered ...

Higher concentrations of vitamin D were associated with decreased risk of autism spectrum disorder and ADHD, according to the study. On the other side of the spectrum, vitamin D deficiency seemed to ...

Other factors linked to a higher likelihood include higher paternal age and maternal use of a drug called valproate, which is used to treat epilepsy and bipolar disorder. "Autism is not an ...

Rosie O’Donnell is calling out Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for his baseless claims about people with autism. On Wednesday, April 16, the Health and Human Services Secretary held a press conference ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a complex developmental condition that affects communication, social ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses autism at a news conference in D.C. on April 16. When I was 12, my parents brought me to the Children’s National Hospital in D ...

One out of 31 children — more than 3% of kids — have been identified with autism, according to the latest results published Tuesday from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study that ...