"I don't think there's one smoking gun," one autism researcher told Newsweek about data pointing to increased autism cases in ...

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has warned that children in the U.S. are being diagnosed with autism at an “alarming ...

Genetic factors are thought to play a major role in the development of autism – but for decades what they are has proven elusive. Now scientists are starting to uncover clues.

While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert ...

About 1 in 31 children who were 8 years old had autism that year, federal data show.

Newly released federal statistics show an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, marking another jump in a long string ...

Rates of autism spectrum disorder among U.S. children reached a record level in 2022, continuing a recent trend of increasing prevalence, according to data released on Tuesday by the U.S. Centers for ...

Information processing discrepancies are well documented in autism. Autistic individuals appear to experience more traumatic events than non-autistics. Sensory and information processing differences ...

Diagnoses of ADHD and autism in children have risen significantly in recent years — but are we seeing a true increase, or ...

A teen with autism got lost in Detroit and was allegedly jumped by two men and shot in the back as he tried to run away.

Children with autism are known to prefer watching repetitive movements over random movements, researchers said. Using ...