On a sunny day in July, while other Bay Area kids were playing at camps or water parks, 8-year-old Charlotte O’Neill was leaning back in a reclining chair in a small, carpeted San Jose office room.

Cafe Eden, based at Keighley College, was founded by Fiona Thompson after her son was diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition when he was four years old. She launched the facility – with backing ...

A close examination of a recent paper about autism diagnosis in children and adults reveals powerful, surprising stories.

In a Q&A, KFF Health News editor-at-large for public health Céline Gounder unpacks the "Make America Healthy Again" platform ...

By picking Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the HHS, Trump is wrongly elevating someone who sees autism, and therefore autistic ...

Kennedy sees autistic people as problems to be solved, not as people with disabilities who deserve to be accepted.

Children born to mothers who take antiseizure medications to manage seizures and psychiatric conditions during pregnancy may face increased risks of neurodevelopmental conditions, according to new ...

Language trends change quickly at the hands of social media users. They explode into our screens, rather than slowly evolve.

More than 200,000 people are still waiting for a autism assessment in England, which is a 25% increase in one year, according ...

From 2011 to 2022, there was an increase in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnoses among children and adults.

At SEA Club in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, young adults with autism are gaining baking skills as they prepare for a fundraising ...