Some research suggests that avoiding environmental exposures, especially pre-conception, may help. Influencers branded the ...

Gavin Bollard always considered himself to be "different" from other kids growing up. For many years, he says, he put it down to being deaf. "My best friend in my primary school years was also deaf, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Melissa Chabot's 8-year-old son, Owen, is creative, has a great memory and smiles a lot. His specialty is clocks, she said. He ...

Experts are reconsidering the idea of autism as a spectrum, which could impact diagnoses and policy making for the condition ...

In an online attack, I was recently accused of being "dangerous and damaging" to the autistic community. Why? Because I used the phrase "level 1 autism" which was, I was informed, "outdated and ...

Cases of autism are on the rise, with diagnoses in the US jumping 175% between 2011 and 2022. But while this condition has historically been thought to affect men and boys more often, new research ...