autism

A K-9 in Jacksonville, Florida, is being praised for quickly finding an autistic teenager who was in distress on April 21.

Mattel has introduced an autistic Barbie doll to its Fashionistas line, developed in collaboration with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), to reflect common autistic experiences and invite more children to see themselves represented through inclusive play.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz threw down the gauntlet on the Alex Marlow Show, contending that the Trump administration will aggressively target fraudsters in Minnesota and beyond.

Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar and many other Dems are racing to side with the state’s Somali community after evidence of widespread fraud of taxpayers’ healthcare programs by Somali organizations and individuals has come to light.

Texas is suing Tylenol makers Johnson & Johnson over autism concerns, asserting that the company did not properly warn pregnant mothers of potential risks.

The Trump administration looking into the dramatic rise of autism — and revealing possible causes such as a link to Tylenol consumption in pregnant women — is “violence against the truth,” former President Barack Obama claims.

Wednesday on CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) said he was “very concerned” about the impact of President Donald Trump’s recent statement linking autism to Tylenol.

President Donald Trump warned women against using acetaminophen, commonly known as Tylenol, during pregnancy due to a “very increased risk of autism.”

President Donald Trump said Monday that he wishes the establishment media would show at least some openness to trying to figure out the causes of autism.

President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. make an announcement about autism research on Monday, September 22.

President Donald Trump announced Sunday he would be holding a major press conference on Autism on Monday, noting, “I think we found an answer.”

A Danish researcher central to the debate over vaccines and autism — and sought for a decade by U.S. authorities — has been arrested in Germany and faces extradition to the U.S. to be tried on charges of stealing a million dollars in research money, Breitbart News has learned.

Health and Human Services under President Trump has officially banned mercury-based preservatives from all U.S. vaccines, closing a dark chapter in American public health policy. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who led the push for more than 20 years, confirmed the move on Saturday, blasting federal health agencies for allowing a known neurotoxin to be injected into pregnant women and children for decades.

The mother of Jacob Irwin, a 30-year-old man on the autism spectrum, claims that his use of ChatGPT led to severe manic episodes and hospitalizations. When she asked the AI Chatbot what happened with her son, it acknowledged that it failed to maintain appropriate boundaries in conversations about his amateur scientific theories, instead encouraging his delusions.

About 85 autism clinics in Minnesota are under investigation for tens of millions in Medicaid billing fraud.

Prosecutors say a California father who decided to check on his autistic son’s therapy session found his boy being molested by the very therapist he’d hired to help him.

Studies to help determine the root cause of autism may be completed by March, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.

The era of poisonous compounds being injected into the U.S. food supply is “coming to an end,” Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Thursday.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Wednesday that the Trump administration plans to release a series of new studies helping to identify “precisely what environmental toxins” are causing autism.

A Florida teacher is facing child abuse charges after allegedly putting a three-year-old autistic student in a headlock with her legs, police said.

The Florida teen who savagely beat a teacher over a Nintendo Switch in February 2023 has been sentenced to five years in prison.

A family from Maryland who lost custody of their special needs son after refusing to let him undergo an apparent sex change is reportedly suing Children’s National Hospital in Washington, DC.

First responders honored a 12-year-old Florida boy with autism as a “Hometown Hero” for thinking quickly when his mom suffered a seizure.

The United Cajun Navy (UCN) is stepping in to help search for missing 15-year-old Sebastian Rogers, who seemingly vanished from his home.

A Florida teen accused of beating his teacher will soon face sentencing, and the victim wants him to face the maximum term.

An Indiana boy with autism has become the youngest American to get CPR certified, just two days before his ninth birthday.

The mother of Brendan Depa, the autistic Florida teen seen beating his teacher unconscious in a February viral video that disturbed the nation, says prison time for her son would be a “death sentence.”

Abortion giant Planned Parenthood has increasingly been providing what the left calls “gender-affirming care” to people who believe they are transgender — and in the case of at least one teen, a clinic allegedly supplied him with sex-change hormones after a 30-minute consultation.

Twenty-one-year-old Max Park from California set the Guinness World Record for solving a Rubik’s Cube in 3.13 seconds on June 11.

Wisconsin’s Mosinee High School Volleyball team and fans remained quiet during part of a recent match as a kindness toward a young man in the stands. 

A 21-year-old Tennessee entrepreneur with autism is running a thriving cardboard recycling business with the help of his family.

A clinic in Ireland has been ordered to pay a patient over $3,000 after it was found to have discriminated against him due to him being unable to wear a mask.

A twelve-year-old Kansas boy and his father are being hailed as heroes for their remarkable caught-on-camera rescue of a drowning 4-year-old boy with nonverbal autism.

A college valedictorian who has nonverbal autism called on her classmates to use the voice God gave them during her commencement speech.

An autistic man in desperate need of help was saved by Michigan State Police troopers on Wednesday and the tense moments were captured on camera.

A troubling video shows that an autistic boy was beaten and his shoes were stolen off of his feet by bullies at a Michigan high school.