An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC's data was from 14 ...

Autism has long been viewed as a condition that predominantly affects male individuals, but a study from Sweden published by The BMJ shows that autism may actually occur at comparable rates among male ...

Rates of autism spectrum disorder have been increasing in recent decades. In 2002, 0.7% of 8-year-olds in the US had the condition, rising to 3.3% in 2022. Males are diagnosed with the condition ...

The rapid expansion of autism therapy for children has been driven by increased need, generous taxpayer-funded Medicaid payments, and private equity penetration. Some companies have capitalized on the ...

Aubreigh Osborne has a new best friend. Dressed in blue with a big ribbon in her blond curls, the 3-year-old sat in her mother’s lap carefully enunciating a classmate’s first name after hearing the ...