RFK's comments about autism spurred a wave of anger, fear, and criticism from some individuals with autism and their families ...

A UNLV-led study found that a gene that causes myotonic dystrophy also causes autism spectrum disorder. It could help with ...

Sznajder et al. identified a molecular link between autism and myotonic dystrophy, showing that a tandem repeat mutation in a single gene can disrupt splicing of multiple autism-related genes ...

A 15-year-old autistic Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas in a bid to raise ...

They are part of a Rutgers program called Scarlet Hope for Autism: The Road to Excellence in Education (SHARE) in which the ...

The Bakowski Bridge was illuminated in blue tonight in Shreveport to mark World Autism Awareness Day. The city's gesture ...

Two stars of the popular Netflix reality dating show Love on the Spectrum said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s controversial comments about autism couldn’t be further from their reality — and they ...

The term has since been merged with other conditions into autism spectrum disorder (ASD). People with ASD may experience social and communication difficulties, obsessive interests, and repetitive ...

There are deep-rooted misconceptions about autism that lead to stigma, including the debunked yet pervasive myth that ...

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