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Autism

  1. first person
    I Was Diagnosed With Autism in My 40s. It Gave Me a Lot of Answers.By 43, Mary HK Choi had come up with many explanations for her strangeness around other people. Was it something else all along?
    By Mary H.K. Choi
  2. how i got this baby
    The Dads Who Adopted a Nonverbal 7-Year-Old With Autism“It was quite a frightening undertaking, to be honest. I remember thinking, Can we really handle this?”
    As told to Yolanda Wikiel
  3. autism
    2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals
    Tallulah Willis Says She Was Recently Diagnosed With Autism“Found out this summer and it’s changed my life.”
    By Chantal Fernandez
  4. first person
    Seeing Myself in WandaVisionI know what it’s like to work overtime to fit in.
    By Marianne Eloise
  5. power
    Police Shot a 13-Year-Old Boy With Autism After His Mother Called 911The child is currently hospitalized with serious injuries.
    By Amanda Arnold
  6. science of us
    The Complicated Reasons Autism Rates Are Still on the RiseAutism rates are up 150 percent from 2000. What’s going on?
    By Morgan Sykes
  7. it’s complicated
    Social Media Helped Me Connect With My Husband in a Way I Couldn’t in Real LifeI struggle with the non-verbal cues of flirting. On the internet, that’s never an issue.
    By Jennifer Malia
  8. A New Look at How Autism Affects GirlsThey have more trouble with certain cognitive functions than boys on the spectrum do.
    By Jennifer Malia
  9. autism
    Why It Matters That Sesame Street’s New Muppet With Autism Is a GirlSome researchers believe the condition is underdiagnosed in girls, because the symptoms aren’t the same as in boys.
    By Melissa Dahl
  10. Some Psychologists Call for a Positive Framing of Autism and Niche InterestsFour people with autism — and one parent of a severely autistic adult — share their stories.
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  11. bad science
    Donald Trump Just Broadcast a Dangerous Misconception About Autism RatesNo, there hasn’t been a staggering rise in autism rates in kids — in fact, researchers are torn about whether there’s been any rise at all.
    By Jesse Singal
  12. autism
    Vocal Anti-Vaxxer Claims Trump Asked Him to Chair a Committee on Vaccine SafetyThe transition says Trump would like to create a commission on autism, but no decision has been made.
    By Jen Kirby
  13. Kids With Autism Are Taking Trump’s Rhetoric LiterallyAutism experts explain how the election has taken a toll on the young people they work with.
    By Cari Romm
  14. A Leading Autism Organization Is No Longer Searching for a ‘Cure’What the change means for a group with a “very troubled history.”
    By Melissa Dahl
  15. technology
    How Pokémon Go Might Actually Be Helping Kids With AutismIt isn’t some crazy, unsupported theory.
    By Jesse Singal
  16. autism
    The Challenge of Creating a TV Series About Autism“I was quite interested in how people react to it, and the kinds of fault lines that it exposes in a family.”
    By Katie Van Syckle
  17. expert
    This 12-Year-Old Kid Really Gets the Whole Vaccinations-Cause-Autism Argument Do vaccinations really cause autism? He’s got a whole folder of evidence revealing the truth.
    By Hilary Weaver
  18. atypical
    What It’s Like to ‘Wake Up’ From Autism After Magnetic Stimulation“I just thought my inability to read people had held me back my whole life. And if there is something that could change that, I should try it.”
    By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay
  19. anti-vaccination
    Here’s a Good Explainer About That Big Anti-Vaccination FilmA conspiracy theory about the CDC is causing a lot of misunderstanding.
    By Jesse Singal
  20. The Sad Controversy Over a Misleading Autism TestParents wary about autism, unfortunately, offer a particularly nervous, eager market for half-baked science.
    By Jesse Singal
  21. things that sound alarming
    About That Study Linking PCOS and Autism in KidsLet’s all take a deep breath.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  22. facilitated communication
    A Sad, Enraging Story About the Pseudoscience of Facilitated CommunicationA new article traces the history of a damaging, exploitative technique — and ponders the question of why it’s getting millions from the Department of Education.
    By Jesse Singal
  23. autism
    The Problematic Obsession With ‘Curing’ Autism“If we start trying to eliminate these conditions, we could really mess up the future of humanity.”
    By Jesse Singal
  24. quackery
    The Mystical-Elephants Theory of AutismUm.
    By Jesse Singal
  25. autism
    Kids With Autism Describe Their Sensory Experiences“And I heard the buzzer and I started to have panic, like, ‘Ahh!’”
    By Jesse Singal
  26. autism
    How Pets Help Kids With AutismPets spark conversation, and conversation is good.
    By Jesse Singal
  27. conspiracy theories
    Watch a Good 2-Minute Debunking of Anti-Vaccine Autism NonsenseThese conspiracy theories have serious consequences.
    By Jesse Singal
  28. autism
    A Brain-Scan Step Toward Better Autism DiagnosisResearchers are slowly making progress in a tricky area.
    By Jesse Singal
  29. autism
    How Young Is It Possible to Treat Autism?Researchers seek to start treatment before kids are even 1 year old.
    By Jesse Singal
  30. What It’s Like to Have Anorexia and AutismSome young girls with autism are getting misdiagnosed because of gender norms.
    By Maia Szalavitz
  31. More Evidence That Stress During Pregnancy Can Contribute to AutismA new study examined kids who were in utero during a 1998 Quebec ice storm.
    By Jesse Singal
  32. Does Stress During Pregnancy Really Cause Autism?Worry may consume many moms-to-be, but the evidence on whether it could harm their fetuses is decidedly mixed.
    By Lisa Miller
  33. cut investigations
    Kelly Preston’s Organic Cure for AutismJohn Travolta’s wife will be interviewed about the death of her son Jett. 
    By Kat Stoeffel