Toymaker Mattel has released a Barbie with autism, complete with pink noise-cancelling headphones and a clip-on fidget ...

The grand opening of Universal’s Epic Universe was supposed to be a milestone for Florida tourism, but for one family, the “world’s most immersive theme park” quickly turned into a legal nightmare. A ...

Myths about autism abound. Here, experts explain what’s fact and what’s fiction when it comes to the condition. Plus, what it means to be neurodivergent in this way. Myth 1: Autism is a mental ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to falsely claim that vaccines cause autism despite overwhelming ...

Decades of research into autism has revealed this much: There is no simple answer for what causes the condition. In each person with autism, genes and their environment combined in a unique way, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website with a new stance on the potential link between vaccines and autism. The new wording on the CDC’s site now states, "The claim ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has walked back its decades-old insistence that vaccines do not cause autism, updating its website late Wednesday to promote a debunked link ...

This article is part of The Dallas Morning News’ initiative to answer questions about vaccines. Got a question? Ask us here. In the late 1990s, a theory gripped parents around the world: What if ...

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Joshua Anbar receives funding from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. He is member of the Self-Advocate Advisory Board at the Southwest Autism Research and Resource Center (SARRC), where ...

New research from the University of Cambridge suggests that autism should not be understood as a homogeneous condition with a single cause. Scientists found that people diagnosed in early childhood ...

Mitchell is a professor of medicine and vice chair for research in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. During the recent White ...