Despite public confusion, science has made meaningful progress in understanding autism. One of the most consistent findings ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the rate of 8-year-old children with the most severe form of the ...

The health secretary’s approach to the condition gives the impression that two decades of research simply never happened.

The justice secretary has launched a call for evidence on how the criminal justice system is supporting offenders who are autistic or have learning difficulties. The call from Robert Buckland comes… ...

An autism researcher on Kennedy’s initiative to identify a cause, the focus on environmental factors, and the dangers of misinformation.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. walked back his timeline for determining the causes of autism, a report originally scheduled to be released in September.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is waging war on autism — and experts say it’s both unscientific and stigmatizing. The newly appointed HHS Secretary said autism ...

For many experts, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find autism’s causes in a few months is jarring — and unrealistic.

The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents.

A leading autism researcher who last week shared the podium with U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tells Newsweek that the September deadline pledged by the ...

Following Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ‘s recent comments on autism, the neurodivergent community is speaking up. Love on the Spectrum stars Dani Bowman and James B. Jones have recently responded to ...

RFK Jr. called autism a ‘preventable disease.’ He couldn’t be more wrong. Readers respond to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s rhetoric about autism with their own experiences.