Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s statements at a news conference Wednesday contradicted decades of autism research, which has generally not labeled the increased rates as an epidemic. File Photo by Joshua ...

U.S. Secretary of Health, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has expressed views on the causes of autism that clash with scientific evidence. With statements like "genes don't cause an epidemic," he emphasizes ...

WASHINGTON — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday that the agency will announce, within three weeks, a series of studies aimed at identifying “environmental toxins” he claims are ...

A leading national autism researcher cautions against only considering environmental factors being primarily to blame for a drastic increase in known national cases, as has been suggested by by U.S.

Milestone Achievements, a leading provider of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) services, offers personalized therapy programs for individuals on the autism spectrum from 18 months to 21 years of age.

As screening and understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) grows, a new national initiative tapping Drexel expertise aims to yield new insights for many of the 1 in 45 adults and 1 in 35 ...

In response to a request from the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Forum on Neuroscience and Nervous System Disorders, in collaboration with the Roundtable on Environmental Health ...

Neurodiversity advocates have long argued that autistic brains are differently wired. Now, new evidence shows they are right. Researchers have found atypical numbers of brain cells in two key areas of ...

Children with autism have different brains than children without autism, down to the structure and density of their neurons, according to a study by the University of Rochester Medical Center, New ...