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The Case for Splitting Up the Autism Spectrum

Her autism diagnosis should mean access to specialized programs tailored to her needs. Instead, we've found ourselves turned ...
Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus ...
Clinicians and researchers continue to push back on unsupported claims about the causes of autism while new NIH projects aim ...
The idea of autism as a single spectrum has shaped thinking for decades. But many autistic people and researchers now argue ...
Experts share symptoms of autism in adults, including social communication challenges, repetitive behaviors, difficulty ...
The idea of autism as a single spectrum has shaped thinking for decades, but the metaphor is misleading, says this public ...
In October 2025, after a meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump's Cabinet, a claim (archived) circulated online that ...
More than a hundred autism genes have been identified, explains author Peter Hotez. And Tylenol isn't the biggest ...
Early diagnosis and intervention are critical in improving quality of life in autism spectrum disorder, though there are ...
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently asserted a link exists between circumcision and a higher risk of autism, ...
A parent's subclinical autistic traits may predict their child's early developmental progress, a Japanese study of over ...
Autistic moms tell Eric Garcia that they fear Trump’s outlandish and conspiratorial claims about autism and Tylenol both ...