I do not have a disease. I did not become autistic because of a vaccine. I was born this way. I’m not broken, and I don’t need to be fixed. I want kids on the autism spectrum to be supported ...

He also wondered what role consumer wearables could play. “Why do you need wearables data to study autism,” he asked. “Who are you putting the Apple Watch on? The toddler? What do they expect to get ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to tap into Medicare and Medicaid data in its search for the root causes of ...

The latest surveillance data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a steep rise in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), extending a years-long trend of ...

But what does the science actually say? "Autism is primarily determined by the genes we are born with, although environmental factors do play a role," says Kristiina Tammimies, Associate Professor ...

She added that “identifying or falsely labeling things that people with autism cannot do” is something she always tries to avoid when talking with parents of autistic children. Kennedy ...

It is neither a chronic illness nor a contagion, that qualifies harmful language like ‘epidemic,’ and to do so is both inaccurate and stigmatizing,” the Autism Society of America said in a ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent comments about autism do not align with scientific knowledge and the lived experiences of many people with autism, advocates and researchers say. Generalizations ...

It hasn't. The Oakland County mom, who has twins, one of whom has autism, has better things to do. Instead, she's going to keep serving and advocating for those like her son, Elliott. "I’m ...

The health secretary had claimed that people with autism will never play baseball ... and we’re going to do that within a year. We’ll have it. We’ll have answers. Within six months.

Kennedy Jr.'s new effort to study autism, the NIH's top official said Monday. The new data will allow external researchers picked for Kennedy's autism studies to study "comprehensive" patient data ...