The U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary made half-true or false statements about fluoride in public drinking water, ...

You can look it up. In the 1980s you had to have speech delay. Then Asperger’s came in the early ’90s, is to be socially awkward, no speech delay. Then in 2013 they cobbled everything together.

Autism rates are on the rise among young kids in the United States, according to data from the CDC last week. The survey found autism prevalence in the U.S. increased from 1 in 36 children in 2020 ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doubling down after sparking outrage with his controversial comments on autism at his first official press conference as health secretary. Appearing on Jesse Watters Primetime ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 20 of the New York edition with the headline: Kennedy’s Comments on Autism Take America Back a Century.

Autism is what’s known as a neurodevelopmental disorder, which means that the way the brain grows and develops, beginning in pregnancy, is different in people who will go on to have autism.

Until 1980, the DSM, which lays out psychiatric diagnoses in the U.S., contained false leads in early autism research, according to a 2021 paper in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Until 1980, the DSM, which lays out psychiatric diagnoses in the U.S., contained false leads in early autism research, according to a 2021 paper in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in a new interview, said autism was an epidemic with an impact that surpasses the COVID-19 pandemic. “This is an epidemic. It dwarfs ...

In celebration of World Autism Awareness Day, Mylo Speech Buddy has unveiled two major initiatives aimed at advancing autism inclusion and access to care: a global digital storytelling series ...

Usually, discussion of free speech focuses on “free.” I will change the focus to “speech.” Speech has a noble origin in the Greek word logos — reasonable speech or argument.