She is a Director of Autistic UK CIC. Catrin Griffiths does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services asked the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study vaccines and autism, a person familiar with the situation told CNN, despite strong ...

As a kid, I was told I had Asperger's syndrome (as an adult, that diagnosis was updated to autism). I believed Asperger's was a disease and hoped I could rid myself of it. I attended all skills ...

Decades of scientific evidence haven’t found a link between autism and vaccines, but that doesn’t appear to stop the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from reportedly planning to ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is initiating expanded research into understanding autism and its potential links with vaccines, a source familiar with the CDC’s planning said.

When their son, Mason, now 5, was diagnosed with nonverbal autism at 2 1/2 years old, the Connor family was determined to find something to help him speak. After multiple failed treatments ...

“As an example, not long ago, and you can’t even believe these numbers, 1 in 10,000 children have autism. One in 10,000. And now it’s 1 in 36. There’s something wrong. One in 36.” ...

A drug used to treat the side effects of chemotherapy could be the answer to parents of children who have autism and are nonverbal. Leucovorin (pronounced “loo-kuh-vaw-ruhn”), which ...

Their pediatrician didn't seem worried, but the speech delay persisted. At 2 and a half, Mason was diagnosed with autism. The Connors went on a mission, searching for anything that would help.

Natasha Nelson, who was diagnosed with autism in August 2023, just after her youngest daughter was also diagnosed, sits in a sensory room she uses to calm her children in her Stone Mountain ...

Matthew McDermott My wife Susie startled me with a question the other week as she scrolled through a WhatsApp chat group for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. “Hey, Michael ...