5/23/2025 – Recent Autism News

  • Understanding Autism: Free virtual training program for those who work with children

    Published: 1 day ago | (Link to Grice Connect)

    Behavioral Pediatrics Resource Center welcomes anyone who works with children to participate in a free virtual autism awareness training program on…

  • Trump says autism ‘has to be artificially induced’

    Published: 1 day ago | (Link to The Hill)

    President Trump said Thursday that autism must not occur naturally, citing figures inflating the spike in autism and suggesting the administration’s Make…

  • Autism Prevalence Varies Across US Communities

    Published: 2 days ago | (Link to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC (.gov))

    Findings from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network show that autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence varies across…

  • For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving

    Published: 2 days ago | (Link to ABC News)

    Some studies have shown that children with autism are more at risk of drowning.

  • RFK Jr. walks back timeline for determining what causes autism

    Published: 20 hours ago | (Link to CNN)

    CNN’s Kaitlan Collins asks Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his plans to commission a study to find the cause of autism by…

  • A Teacher Dragged a 6-Year-Old With Autism by His Ankle. Federal Civil Rights Officials Might Not Do Anything.

    Published: 3 days ago | (Link to ProPublica)

    The Garrison School is part of a special education district that had students arrested at the highest rate in the country. It had pledged to change how it…

  • Unraveling the Link Between Plastics and Autism

    Published: 3 days ago | (Link to Inside Climate News)

    As one distinguished scientist put it: “Genetics loads the gun and the environment pulls the trigger.”

  • Highlights: 2025 Eagles Autism Challenge

    Published: 4 days ago | (Link to Philadelphia Eagles)

    Relive the excitement of the 2025 Eagles Autism Challenge, presented by Lincoln Financial, as $10 million (and counting) was raised for autism research and…

  • As autism ignites a national conversation, Temple Grandin has something to say

    Published: 6 days ago | (Link to NBC News)

    The world-renowned autism expert shares her thoughts with NBC News after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered controversial remarks about autistic people.

  • RFK Jr. pushes back target date for autism report

    Published: 8 hours ago | (Link to Axios)

    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday walked back promises to release a report on the causes of autism by September. Why it matters: Kennedy,…