When James Hunt began posting about his boys online, it was a way to describe the emotions and experiences of their extraordinary lives. In sharing his family’s joy and struggles, he realised they wer ...

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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

Researchers use long-read genome sequencing to discover 33% more structural variants and 38% more tandem repeats linked to autism spectrum disorder.

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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said in September he was changing leucovorin’s label because it could ...

Researchers at the University of Missouri may have uncovered a clue explaining why young adults with autism are roughly six ...

As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years. Everyone from fellow parents and family members to my son’s karate ...

Founders of the new Independent Autism Coordinating Committee say they will act as an alternative body to a federal advisory group under RFK Jr.

There's now a new Nevada law putting the power of an autism diagnosis into the hands of more qualified doctors.

Autism is finally getting the kind of visibility that goes beyond medical definitions and into real, lived stories. A growing number of actors, musicians, writers, and TV personalities are talking ...