Autism

Bill Nye says he ended contact with RFK Jr. after being inundated with texts promoting anti-vaccine claims, calling Kennedy's behavior a threat to public health.

A social media influencer is under fire for promoting chlorine dioxide as a so-called "autism cure," despite alarming reports of serious harm to children.

Trump stated that a rise in autism rates "has to be" caused by artificial or external factors while speaking to the White House MAHA commission on Thursday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to create a national autism database was met with doubt online as users questioned if those added would have their privacy protected.

A Minnesota woman is aiming to raise nearly $1 million to relocate her family after a viral video allegedly showed her spewing racial slurs on a playground.

Love on the Spectrum star James B. Jones responded to "extremely ignorant," "downright offensive" comments from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about people with autism.

RFK Jr.'s claim that those diagnosed with autism will "never go on a date" was quickly debunked by fans of the Netflix series, Love on the Spectrum.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. incited backlash after questioning why autism is "only happening in young people" during a televised news briefing.

Dr. Peter Marks criticized RFK Jr. for giving what he called "false hope" to families by claiming that the cause of autism will be identified by September.

A 25-year-old Venezuelan man was taken to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center despite an ICE agent telling him he was "clean" and confirming he had no ties to Tren de Aragua.

A Hampden, Maine mother whose son was a victim of abuse in an assisted living facility was shocked to learned the full extent of the abuse from a local newspaper.

When Mary Melero, 38, was discovered on Feb. 23 in Texas close to the U.S. border, she was so battered that she was unable to stand and was unresponsive.

Researchers have made a ground-breaking discovery: an epilepsy medication that costs $3 a pill may be used to "switch off" the symptoms of autism in mice.

A school principal was terminated from the Walter Hill Elementary School in Tennessee after allegedly dragging a special education student through the school grounds.

An autistic teenage boy suffering from anxiety for 2 years was brutally stabbed while coughing up the courage to step out of the house on the evening of Sept. 17 last year.

The girl's mother commended the teacher for being calm and told she doesn't know from where her daughter picked up the offensive language.

A 56-year-old man is facing multiple charges for the death of an autistic boy. He allegedly slammed the boy's head on the wall on several occasions out of frustration.

Palm Bay Police have nabbed a woman on Sunday after allegedly abusing children in her care in an "uninhabitable" home, where she would lock a girl with severe autism in a metal cage.

Police officers sacked in connection with the shooting of Filipino teen who was allegedly shot at close range in Valenzuela, Philippines.

The order was rolled out after the agency heard how she slapped the child on the shoulder during a “spur of the moment, volatile and fast-moving situation”.

The father of a young woman found her dead in her bed after she choked on her own vomit during a suspected seizure.

School sued by mother on behalf of her teenage daughter for causing injury while trying to restrain her.

Man diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder is facing charges for mercilessly beheading a paradise duck two years ago. A judge feels that his condition is unique and will require added supervision.

Melania Trump is putting her foot down and threatening to file a lawsuit against a YouTube user for sharing a video suggesting that her son Barron is autistic.

Marco Arturo, a 12-year-old scientist from Mexico, cleverly explains the correlation between vaccines and autism. Watch the witty video here!

JenniKate Estavillo has taken the enormous step of founding the first school for children with autism and other developmental disorders in Mexico.

Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder generally characterized by impaired social interaction, impaired or non-existent verbal communication.

New autism study suggests analyzing placenta can predict risk of autism.

How to celebrate on Autism Awareness Day 2013.

Researchers have found that Hispanic children often have undiagnosed developmental delays and large numbers of both Hispanic and non-Hispanic children who first were thought to have developmental delay actually had autism.