Shih and Autism Speaks were not involved in the new report. The Autism Society of America directly refuted the concept that rising autism prevalence signals an epidemic. Prevalence data should ...

The topic was what he described as an “alarming ... epidemic” of autism, supposedly documented by a new report by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network of the Centers ...

Autism Speaks, meanwhile—which has faced its own controversies in the past, including for allegedly promoting stigma—called the press conference “extremely disappointing and damaging ...

Kennedy Jr. deliver his first press conference since becoming the federal health secretary, one statement in particular stunned him: "Autism destroys families." "Instead of destroying our family ...

Autism Speaks, meanwhile—which has faced its own controversies in the past, including for allegedly promoting stigma—called the press conference “extremely disappointing and damaging,” noting that it ...

Kennedy Jr.'s new autism study. NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya told advisers the aim is to help researchers study autism by giving them access to "comprehensive" health records. These records ...

I’m the father of a child with autism. My son is smart, curious, and endlessly creative. He loves Pokémon, plays video games with friends, and has a wonderful way of using wordplay for laughs.

“I knew very much. I worked with Autism Speaks. I had seen many, many documentaries and even produced one called A Mother’s Courage. There was a familiarity there and there was something that ...