SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed an executive order restricting state agencies from collecting and sharing autism-related data, in response to federal efforts to create a ...

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Chris Packham has said that autistic people are not “broken”, but just “different”. The BBC presenter and naturalist, 64, insisted that the condition did not need a “cure” after Robert ...

The U.S. health secretary has also announced his own investigation, pledging to find an answer to the autism “epidemic” by September. It’s an ambitious goal. It’s also a realistic one but ...

WASHINGTON — 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.

TV presenter Chris Packham has said that autism does not need a "cure" adding that "we are not broken" just "different" following a pledge made by the US Health Secretary, RFK Jr, to find the ...

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Kennedy Jr.’s promise for “pulling back the curtain” to find autism’s causes in a few months is jarring — and unrealistic. That’s because it appears to ignore decades of science ...

An autistic teen who was mistakenly dropped off in the wrong neighborhood by an Uber driver was shot in the back as he tried to flee two attackers. Claude Woosk, 18, ended up on the corner of ...

Just 10 to 15 minutes of mindfulness practice a day led to reduced stress and anxiety for autistic adults who participated in a study led by scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research.

Local occupational therapist Trisha Crone's 18-year-old son has Level 3 autism. It's one of the reasons she chose her career path in occupational therapy -- and she has worked with autistic kids ...