Write about what you know. That’s why Eric Garcia wrote his 2021 book, “We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation.” As an autistic individual reporting on politics as senior Washington ...

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The world-renowned autism expert shares her thoughts with NBC News after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered controversial remarks about autistic people. In autism circles and beyond, Temple Grandin’s ...

Once again, autism is making headlines for the wrong reasons. Tylenol has been claimed to cause autism, despite repeated statements from scientists that no credible evidence supports this. These myths ...

Autistic children – and adults – often communicate differently to neurotypical people. Key characteristics of autistic speech can include less eye contact, focusing on the details rather than the ...

Nancy Gardner of East Bridgewater said she received a text from her adult son who has autism this week questioning whether she took Tylenol when pregnant. Gardner says she told him she hadn’t during ...

When identical triplets Londyn, Lakin and Lauren were all diagnosed with autism, their parents, Hope and Eric Montogmery, found themselves without resources to help their daughters. Deeply saddened by ...

When Donald Trump gave a press conference in late September urging pregnant women to avoid taking paracetamol unless medically necessary because of a possible link to autism, the reaction from the ...

In autism circles and beyond, Temple Grandin’s story is well known. Grandin, who is autistic, is a pioneer who helped transform the world’s understanding of those who think differently — in pictures ...