Dr Richard Frye has spent the better part of 20 years trying to understand how a cheap drug could ease certain behaviors of autism. He is one of about 50 doctors across the US prescribing autistic ...

Swathi Balantrapu has been searching for a treatment for her 10-year-old son with autism. She first tried applied behavior analysis therapy, or ABA therapy — an evidence-based approach. She later ...

It's too early to tell if the new guidance will dampen interest in the drug among families of children with autism, but many doctors expect demand to persist. The damage to public perception has ...