Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order in response to federal efforts to create a database for autism research.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed a first-in-the-nation executive order to block the federal ...

Ms. May said what too many of us parents of autistic children have been forced to bury. Profound autism is not an idea. It’s ...

WASHINGTON — For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find ...

For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find autism’s causes in ...

When I was 12, my parents brought me to the Children’s National Hospital in D.C. for two days of testing. I was socially ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a pilot program for the National Institutes of Health to ...

The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of ...

One of the most harmful myths is that vaccines cause autism. Decades of research and large-scale studies have repeatedly ...

Scientists say the primary cause of autism is genetic, with environmental factors play­ing a secondary role. Powerful ...

Misinformation persists in news and social media about autism spectrum disorder, but UTSW researchers believe answers lie in ...

The head of a local program focused on treating patients with autism spectrum disorder said last week that he hopes plans for ...