we know that there are many causes of autism, and virtually all of these occur prenatally,” the statement continued. “In other words, you are born with autism.” A robust body of evidence ...

Autism is neither a disease nor a sickness. But for the increasing population of those diagnosed — one in 31 children is ...

In the telling of President Trump and his Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., autism in the U.S. has ...

Autism, or autism spectrum disorder ... This neurodevelopmental difference is something children are born with — it has nothing to do with parenting style, vaccines or foods.

The latest Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report, released April 15, estimates that about 1 in 31 American kids born in 2014 were diagnosed with autism by age 8, up from 1 in 36 ...

arguing that autism is not a disease but rather a natural part of human diversity, “something we are born with, and that shouldn’t be changed.” Far from being solely a deficit, I believe ...

That estimate could very well be low. Over the last few decades, the rate of ASD diagnoses skyrocketed, not because more people were born with autism, but because we got better at identifying the ...

People with an autism diagnosis are at a higher risk of developing Parkinson’s disease early in life, a large-scale study ...

Complicating the decision was Demissie's son, Nahom Tilahun, who was diagnosed with autism when he was 4 and later diagnosed ...