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Autism inpatient collection releases genetic, phenotypic data for more than 1,500 children with autism
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) has released phenotypic and genetic data from the Autism Inpatient ...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Will Not Let My Daughter Be
When it comes to my daughter, I try to live in the moment. I stumbled into this paradigm in March of 2023, when Nora was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of 2. Nora is 4 now—a fiery, ...
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Dispelling RFK, Jr.'s disinformation, crowd-sourced database includes hundreds of randomized controlled trials of vaccines
Thank goodness real science and health experts are working tirelessly to combat the misinformation and disinformation about ...
Black dads go public with support for their kids with autism — and each other
A growing number of Black fathers with autistic children are looking to be more visible in the national autism conversation ...
Brown student and ‘Survivor’ contestant Eva Erickson says RFK Jr. is wrong about autism: ‘He can kick rocks’
Erickson, who is pursuing a PhD at Brown, was the first openly autistic person compete on the reality TV show, and overcame ...
After RFK Jr. autism claims, CT families respond — one with a poem
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. painted a bleak picture of people with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, that was especially hurtful to ...
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Autistic People Shouldn't Be the Only Ones Worried by RFK Jr.'s Research Agenda
After the 2024 presidential election, my daughter told me that she was afraid people with autism would be "persecuted." As ...
Amid the complex nature of autism, CT families face new conundrum: RFK
We’re not going to find a smoking gun that is going to explain the incidence of autism. And it’s certainly not going to be ...