US President Donald Trump has claimed there is a link between the use of painkiller Tylenol by pregnant women and an increased risk of autism in some children. Going against current scientific advice ...

Sondra Williams is no stranger to medical diagnoses and treatments. As a teenager and young adult, she spent a decade in and out of mental-health facilities, medicated for conditions including ...

Autism is a spectrum, and that means there is no single presentation,” said Nurse Practitioner Lacey Watson, with Providence Pediatrics in Humboldt. “Some children need significant daily support, ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...

From 1998 to 2008, more than 90,000 prospective mothers in Norway volunteered to join a nationwide investigation into the role of genes and environmental exposures in health and disease. We and other ...

Growing Up with Jacob, is Carsyn’s passion piece born from her desire to explain her life with her 16-year-old brother, Jacob ...

An autistic meltdown is an intense reaction to sensory or emotional overload in autistic people. When an autistic person becomes overstimulated or unable to cope with their environment, they may ...

In the New York State Legislature, debate around the adoption of a communication bill of rights for people with severe ...

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