Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.

To estimate how common autism is, the CDC checked health and school records for 8-year-olds, because most cases are diagnosed by that age. Other researchers have their own estimates, but experts say ...

One in 31 8-year-olds had autism in US communities examined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Signs of autism may be detectable as early as 9 months of age, well before the typical diagnosis window of 3 to 5 years.

Autism has a genetic component, but symptoms also depend on gut health and the gut-brain axis. New research shows that improving gut health can improve autism symptoms.

Public health experts say the anti-vaccine views fronted by the HHS secretary are wrong and undermine trust in science. But a ...

"By September, we will know what has caused the autism epidemic," the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared ...

ALTOONA, Iowa — The Shur family is now without their son, 6-year-old Elliot, who had autism, after he drowned in a pond at ...

Here's why resident Dr. Mel King, played by Taylor Dearden, is such a refreshing depiction or a neurodivergent-coded ...

Secretary Kennedy's promise has raised alarms among researchers, who suspect the effort is actually designed to blame ...