Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of health and human services, is correct that reported autism rates have exploded in the ...

This chart shows the percentage increase in incidence of autism diagnosis from 1998 to 2018. UK researchers found autism diagnoses had risen by an 'exponential' 787% over 20 years.

Whenever a new autism prevalence study is reported by the US Centers for Disease Control, autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are said to be on the rise—as of now, 1:59 (or 1.7 percent) of school ...

Drowning deaths are more common during warmer months, but can still happen in winter. A 6-year-old girl with autism drowned in an icy pond in Massachusetts this January.

The National Autism Association, a nonprofit that provides education, tools and research for the autism community, has tracked deaths of children and adults with autism for decades. McIlwain said ...