Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has questioned why autism rates have been rising over the last several years. Experts say he's missing nuance in these conversations.

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In a large study of more than 3.5 million adults, researchers from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Drexel ...

Too often, ADHD and autism coincide in children. New research finds that for many of those kids, this dual diagnosis ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, there are more than 5 million American adults with autism. Prior studies ...

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Too often, ADHD and autism coincide in children. New research finds that for many of those kids, this dual diagnosis ...

The SYNGAP1 gene, which supports the production of a protein called SynGAP (Synaptic Ras GTPase-Activating Protein), is known ...