When U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently called autism an “individual tragedy” and “catastrophic for our country,” saying that many on the autism spectrum would ...
When I first heard of Greta Thunberg, I had no idea she had Asperger’s (otherwise known as mild autism spectrum disorder). All I knew was that she was a young climate change activist who recently made ...
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the prevalence of autism in the United States increased from 1 in 54 children in 2016 to 1 in 44 in 2018 among ...
WASHINGTON — People with Asperger syndrome, a mild form of autism, dramatically improve their social learning skills and spend more time gazing at pictures of faces after inhaling a whiff of the ...
One child doesn't talk, rocks rhythmically back and forth and stares at clothes spinning in the dryer. Another has no trouble talking but is obsessed with trains, methodically naming every station in ...
Brain cortical organoids (BCOs) created by Dr. Alysson Muotri shown in a 2019 file photo. Researchers at the University of California San Diego used stem cells from toddlers with autism and created ...