Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...

The number of people diagnosed with autism will likely decrease if a new definition of the disorder is adopted by mental health experts later this year. Doctors aren't sure what the implications of ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt about the safety of vaccines and linking them to autism. Dozens of studies have debunked the theory, but ...

Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and may make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria ...

The definition of autism is getting increasingly broader. As a result, we are building a new reality of the disorder that doesn’t accurately represent the most affected population. I first learned ...

HARTFORD, Conn. - When Caleb Geary was diagnosed with autism at age 3, he had never spoken or eaten solid food. Now 6, the boy speaks and tests at his first-grade level - progress that his parents ...

The expanded definition of autism spectrum disorder, increased use of screening tools and well visit recommendations from the ...

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.

Five years after a sweeping overhaul of the diagnostic criteria for autism, research suggests that the changes have led fewer people to be identified with the developmental disorder. The definition of ...

Experts estimate that 1 percent of the population of children in the U.S. ages 3-17 have an autism spectrum disorder. Autism occurs in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, and is more likely ...