Scientists will not find a simple answer to how autism arises, despite Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s promise to announce its ...

Being raised by “refrigerator mothers,” the researchers explained, was what caused autistic people’s difficulties with social ...

Autism assessment still often leaves lived experience unheard and unseen by focusing almost exclusively on outwardly observable behaviours.

A new study published in the journal Autism sheds light on how autistic adults navigate the complex and deeply personal ...

Vaccines do not cause autism, but new genetic mutations, pesticides, various infections, and maternal diseases do, and we ...

The government plans to redirect some children off the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and onto a new program ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has pledged to reveal steps he says will mitigate rising autism rates later this ...

Trump’s health secretary RFK is likely to claim that rising autism cases are caused by vaccines and paracetamol in pregnancy ...

The line between difference, disability, and disease is constantly shifting, shaped as much by social attitudes as biology. A ...

A large-scale study shows that couples tend to share mental health diagnoses like anxiety and depression. It may affect the ...

Autistic and neurodivergent people in Lincolnshire are being invited to take part in a free creative-writing programme that ...

Children with autism experience abnormal gene regulation and immune function that is often triggered by infection, and their ...