They also face more disadvantages in multiple social determinants of health such as poverty, food hardship, and lead exposure.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, is the clinical name for the condition most people refer to as autism. Autism is defined as "a ...

An autism expert sparks fierce debate over whether the spectrum has grown too broad, leading to misdiagnosis in children and adults in cases that are milder or unclear.

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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have identified new genetic variants associated with autism spectrum ...

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New numbers show that autism affects one in 59 children. More children are being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

Erica Bacon is working on a special photography project called "Faces of Autism", where autistic individuals are photographed ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved leucovorin to treat a neurological disorder with some symptoms similar to autism.

Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.