A wider variety of symptoms are included in the diagnostic definition of autism spectrum disorder today than when autism was first introduced as a mental health condition in 1980. Vladimir ...
(NewsNation) — A former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the autism rate in the world has increased significantly. “I think it suggests that there’s actually ...
September 24 - Autism diagnoses in the United States have increased significantly since 2000, intensifying public concern over what might contribute to its prevalence. Recent U.S. government data ...
A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general ...
The UK health secretary, Wes Streeting, has told Brits to ignore what Donald Trump says about medicine after the US president claimed a link between taking paracetamol and autism. Speaking at the ...
Autism rates have climbed dramatically over the past few decades. Headlines often frame this as a mysterious surge, fueling speculation that some hidden environmental agent or medical intervention ...
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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Joshua Anbar, Arizona State University (THE CONVERSATION) I can say from personal ...