In the year 2000, autism was considered a very rare condition, affecting just 1 in 150 British children. Now it’s seen as common. According to a 2021 estimate from Newcastle University, as many as one ...

Diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be difficult because there is no medical test, such as a blood test, to diagnose the disorder.

Autism reveals multiple biological subtypes, each with unique genetic and developmental patterns. Researchers from Princeton University and the Simons Foundation have discovered four autism subtypes ...

David Geier has previously used the CDC’s vaccine-safety database to publish research with glaring flaws. Now he seems to ...

Many flawed scientific papers include a regrettable but understandable oversight, Morris told me, but the Geiers employed “an ...

Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, sparked fierce criticism earlier this year when he pledged to determine what ...

Autism diagnoses have risen with better awareness and broader definitions. Experts say it's a sign of improved detection, not just more cases. Autism diagnoses have risen sharply in recent decades, ...

Some autistic teens often adopt behaviors to mask their diagnosis in social settings helping them be perceived — or “pass” — as non-autistic. For the first time, researchers from Drexel University's A ...

New research suggests autism diagnoses may rise sharply as a groundbreaking framework is posed to redefine how doctors ...

Despite public confusion, science has made meaningful progress in understanding autism. One of the most consistent findings ...

Groundbreaking new research from Princeton University and the Simons Foundation has pinpointed four distinct subtypes of ...

The rapid rise in autism cases is not because of vaccines or environmental toxins, but rather is the result of changes in the way that autism is defined and assessed — changes that I helped put ...