Autism diagnoses have increased dramatically, with 1 in 36 children now affected. Explore the real reasons behind this surge and what it means for families.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie is making a major contribution to autism research in Philadelphia. He is donating $50 million to create a new institute that will help change lives.

According to a press release, the $50 million gift that will launch the Lurie Autism Institute (LAI) is "the largest single donation to U.S. academic medical centers focused on autism research ...

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Lurie is making a $50 million gift to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Penn Medicine in order to create an institute focused on autism research, the involved parties announced Tuesday.

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More information: ES cell models of autism with copy number variations reveal cell-type-specific translational vulnerability, Cell Genomics (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2025.100877 ...

For one thing, he told the coach, he had chosen the wrong venue for someone on the autism spectrum — a bar of the Sunset Strip hipster variety, so loud and overstimulating that he could almost ...

Jeffrey Lurie, the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, is launching a new autism research institute in Philadelphia with CHOP and Penn Medicine.

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