Autistic children with mild to moderate developmental delay will no longer be eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from mid-2027. Instead, they will be directed to a new ...

When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...

A mum of twins with autism has called the plan to divert hundreds of thousands of kids with autism off the NDIS "a betrayal of our children". Last week, Federal Health Minister Mark Butler proposed ...

While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.” By Azeen Ghorayshi The percentage ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to ...

Discovering that your child has autism can change your life tremendously. Notwithstanding your deep love for your child, parents can experience feelings of grief, anger, fear, and stress. Parents may ...

This sibling-controlled East Asian study found that autistic individuals, their unaffected siblings, and typically developing ...

Robert F. Kennedy junior, America’s health secretary, thinks that autism has become an “epidemic” in his country.