Autism has long been known as a spectrum, signifying a wide range of symptoms and severity. Now, new research suggests that ...

Mixed autism with developmental delay: Roughly 19 percent showed early developmental delays but few signs of anxiety, ...

Something surprising came out of the mouth of “Fox and Friends” co-host Peter Doocy on Tuesday morning. “There are no two sides to the issue. Vaccines work,” Doocy said. The “Fox and Friends” crew, ...

The term autism first was used by psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler in 1908. He used it to describe a schizophrenic patient who had withdrawn into his own world. The Greek word ''autós'' meant self and the ...

May 22 (UPI) --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.

Some local medical experts and health providers welcomed more research into what’s causing autism diagnoses to keep climbing, but they remained cautious of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

In 1938, Hans Asperger, a pediatrician at the University of Vienna, described numerous children he observed as “autistic.” Courtesy of Dr Maria Asperger Felder Billy was 59 years old that spring or ...

It was 1924 when the 12-year-old boy was brought to the Moscow clinic for an evaluation. By all accounts, he was different from his peers. Other people did not interest him much, and he preferred the ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held a news conference to discuss the recent surge in autism cases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is leading the latest public discourse on ...

A new study offers some clues into the mystery of why autism is four times more common in males than in females. The results show that testosterone and estrogen have opposite effects on a gene ...