The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new data this month showing that 1 in 31 children in the U.S. is autistic. As researchers and physicians, we welcome the growing national ...

Learn about autism diagnosis and access to care for families. Discover how autism prevalence has increased and the importance ...

Autism rates are higher than ever before, probably because of more expansive and sensitive diagnoses. Those numbers highlight the need for more support for people with autism.

"High-functioning autism" isn’t a formal medical term but refers to someone with autistic traits and possibly more ...

MPR News host Angela Davis talks with experts and advocates about the rise in autism diagnoses, what autism is, what it isn’t ...

Autism affects one in 36 children. That is nearly the equivalent of one child per classroom. As a caregiver myself, there is ...

A local mom talks about how a USF center has helped support her daughter who has autism, and how she is now raising awareness ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) may improve behavior in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), found a new study presented at the 2025 European Congress of Psychiatry in Madrid, Spain. “The ...

Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s secretary of education, proved this week she needs to get educated about artificial intelligence. Seriously. The former professional wrestling promoter made her ignorance ...

Kennedy Jr. said will determine the cause of rising childhood autism rates in the country. During a meeting of President Trump’s Cabinet on Thursday, Kennedy said the process will involve ...

Anti-vaccine activists are well known for disguising their motives with “concerns” or “advocacy” for people with autism ... Despite the fact that the information they present is flawed ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared Thursday that “by September we will know what has caused the autism epidemic,” setting a timeline of five months for identifying the growth of a ...