Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Obstetrician Jeanne Conry has long paid attention to the “1,300-day window”- the months before conception through a child’s second ...

A new UC San Diego study looks to offer an explanation of how certain genetic predispositions combined with environmental exposures can lead to autism spectrum disorders. Researchers believe their ...

Since 2013, when the DSM-5 collapsed five autism subtypes into the single diagnosis of "autism spectrum disorder (ASD)," we've treated autism like a monolith. Maybe that made sense when our tools were ...

Donald Trump has a long-held fascination with autism, and particularly the various conspiracy theories that have surrounded this complex developmental condition since the 1990s. Last night, the US ...

A little-known hormone that's key for socialization could have links to autism, a study suggests. Social difficulties like making friends and interpreting conversational cues are some of the most tell ...

The numbers today are startling. Autism cases are on the rise and capable therapists are in short supply. It’s unfortunately all too easy to subscribe to a doom loop of poor patient outcomes for ...

For many families, an autism diagnosis is the gateway to critical early support such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and applied behavior analysis. That diagnosis is guided by criteria from ...

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The ...

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The ...