This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attracted notice — and in some quarters, outrage — for remarks about autism, a topic he's ...

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

Uta Frith seems remarkably cheerful and content for someone who’s spent six decades trying and failing to get to grips with her life’s obsession. “Very little has stood the test of time,” she tells me ...

"It's a whole new paradigm, to provide these groups as a starting point for investigating the genetics of autism," said Theesfeld. Instead of searching for a biological explanation that encompasses ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website with a new stance on the potential link between vaccines and autism. The new wording on the CDC’s site now states, "The claim ...