Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Obstetrician Jeanne Conry has long paid attention to the “1,300-day window”- the months before conception through a child’s second ...

Since 2013, when the DSM-5 collapsed five autism subtypes into the single diagnosis of "autism spectrum disorder (ASD)," we've treated autism like a monolith. Maybe that made sense when our tools were ...

Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in Tylenol. Now, the White House is touting unproven ties between the medication and autism. The FDA also announced plans to approve leucovorin, a chemotherapy ...

Donald Trump has a long-held fascination with autism, and particularly the various conspiracy theories that have surrounded this complex developmental condition since the 1990s. Last night, the US ...

The numbers today are startling. Autism cases are on the rise and capable therapists are in short supply. It’s unfortunately all too easy to subscribe to a doom loop of poor patient outcomes for ...

Around the world, autism is far more common than most people realise. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 1 in 36 children is diagnosed with autism. Now place that ...

For many families, an autism diagnosis is the gateway to critical early support such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and applied behavior analysis. That diagnosis is guided by criteria from ...

This news isn’t hard to swallow. Researchers at Yale University have identified a low-cost prescription drug already on the ...

Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has floated a seismic idea: adding autism to the list of conditions covered by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. The ...

It’s often said that marriage that includes a child with special needs is tough. But divorce can be even tougher. In most states, including California, often the special needs of the child are not ...