Eating disorders have a devastating effect on the lives of those affected and are associated with the highest mortality rates of all mental illnesses. While they can affect anyone, there is a higher ...

April is Autism Awareness Month and many of those with the disability feel like there are a lot of misconceptions when it ...

Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby, in conjunction with the Autism Foundation of Oklahoma, declared April Autism ...

When people hear the word autism, it’s often associated with a specific set of traits. But in reality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is just that—a spectrum, encompassing a broad range of differences ...

Last year, Health Secretary Kennedy thrust autism into the national spotlight, calling it an epidemic and vowing to ...

When we think about autism spectrum disorder, we often think of children. But ASD isn’t new. It was formally recognized in ...

The FDA is pursuing leucovorin as a potential treatment for autism spectrum disorder. The medication is currently used as a cancer drug, among other things. Preliminary data suggests the medication ...

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In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, identified autism as a separate disorder from schizophrenia in young children. Kanner called his newly identified disorder early ...