Adult children cutting ties with parents is not a new phenomenon. A 2020 study found that 10% of Americans were estranged from a parent or child (Pillemar, 2020). This situation may be even more ...

Language can prove a bugaboo for children with autism. Now new research finds that it’s possible to use toddlers’ brain responses to words to predict their linguistic and cognitive skills down the ...

A new, free, online support package aims to empower parents of young autistic children to look after their dental health – and reduce levels of tooth decay and surgery. It follows a study led by the ...

Only one in four parents and just over a third of teachers view the Irish education system as inclusive for autistic pupils, research suggests. The research exposes the disconnect between how parents ...

Look past the widespread outrage over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent remarks about autism, and you will see that many of us whose lives are shaped by the most severe form of the disorder found ...

Rosie O’Donnell’s child was diagnosed with autism at 2. Years later, she believed she had sought out every resource to help. The actor, comedian, TV host and producer had the means and the access. But ...

Over the decades, autism’s definition has expanded to a spectrum in which some people experience profound limitations and others exhibit more modest presentations. This has meant that most people on ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...

Scientific research continues to uncover interesting connections between the gut microbiome and human health, including everything from depression to PTSD to autoimmune disease. Another example of ...