A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Late at night, when I’m alone, I sometimes ponder what it means to be autistic. Do I experience sounds and smells differently from an allistic (non autistic) person? Scientific studies suggest I do.

It’s been more than three years since the Lancet Commission proposed the new term “profound autism” to describe the subset of the autism spectrum most disabled by the disorder. This label has been ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt about the ...

Judith Warner is the author of And Then They Stopped Talking to Me: Making Sense of Middle School. The proposed change to the newest edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and ...

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci, Copyright ...

In 1991, the U.S. Department of Education made autism a new, separate category for special education services offered at public schools. Those services tend to be broader and more intensive than for ...

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President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Monday, Dec. 16, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the ...

President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists at a press conference Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club. Trump ...