Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that two major federal agencies within the department would build a data system to research autism spectrum disorder. Kennedy said the National Institutes of ...

And so, there was a huge disconnect between the research dollars, public awareness and the real needs of patients and families. The notion of the term “curing” autism can be controversial.

According to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., David Geier was hired to review historical vaccine safety data, not to lead an ...

But when people praise her earlier research on autism-like behavior in mice ... think deadly cancers — this wouldn’t be controversial. But many autistic adults believe the “causation ...

“Autism is such a heterogenous disorder, so it’s highly likely that there are different causes for different kinds of ASD.” These research developments come amid growing controversy over ...

Kids paint on a car at the Austin ArtWorks Festival in Austin, Minn., on Aug. 25. Austin has become one of the first cities to create a community-wide effort to welcome people with autism.

The doctor who suggested a possible link between childhood vaccines and autism stands by his theory and said on Monday that he will continue his research ... a firestorm of controversy surrounding ...

Simon Baron-Cohen, a professor of developmental psychopathology at the University of Cambridge in England and director of the Autism Research Center in Cambridge, said it is irresponsible to treat ...

Now, Michael Waldman, a Cornell University economics professor, has written a research paper suggesting that scientists study the connection between early childhood television viewing and autism.