For more than two decades, the genetics of autism seemed to splinter in every direction. Each new sequencing study added ...

I was the “different” kid. I had intense interests that I went on monologues about, I missed social cues, and I checked out of conversations to stare at the wall while my mind wandered. Later, when my ...

Coming to terms with an autism diagnosis is a process of healing and recovery. How you feel in the early stages is not how ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda has won praise from some whose loved ones have severe complications from autism. But others say his rhetoric fails to accurately portray people on the ...

In elementary school, Ariel sat alone at a desk in the closet. She could see the class through a two-way mirror, but no one could see her. She doesn’t remember if it was a punishment, but she ...

Some welcomed more research and possible new treatments. But the administration’s embrace of unproven science and depiction of autism as a “crisis” has sown deep mistrust. By Sonia A. Rao Sonia A. Rao ...

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research is the closest autism science gets to having an Oscars moment of its own. When 2,200 experts from more than 50 countries meet up in ...

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Looking from the outside in, Leland Vittert seems to have it all together. He’s a successful broadcast journalist who hosts his own nightly show on NewsNation, “On Balance,” following a decade at Fox ...