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How RFK Jr. is shaping the conversation about autism and why advocates are pushing back
Published: 1 day ago | (Link to PBS)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda has won praise from some whose loved ones have severe complications from autism. But others say his rhetoric…
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Narrative identity differences in autism
Published: 19 hours ago | (Link to Nature)
Autism is characterized by a modification of the sense of self, particularly self-continuity. While former studies focused on the recollection and narrative…
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Piven Earns Prestigious Lifetime Award from the International Society for Autism Research
Published: 3 days ago | (Link to UNC Health)
Joseph Piven, MD, the Thomas E. Castelloe Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics and director of the Carolina Institute for Developmental…
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What Causes Autism? And Is There an Autism Epidemic, as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says?
Published: 3 days ago | (Link to Boston University)
Tager-Flusberg has founded the Coalition of Autism Scientists to advocate for robust research on the neurodevelopmental disorder.
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RFK Jr’s autism comments place blame and shift research responsibility to parents, critics say
Published: 4 days ago | (Link to The Guardian)
Head of US Department of Health told parents to ‘do their own research’ when deciding to vaccinate their children.
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Exclusive: Trump administration defunds autism research in DEI and ‘gender ideology’ purge
Published: 5 hours ago | (Link to Reuters)
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has vowed to address rising U.S. autism rates as a top health priority for the Trump administration.
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Autism diagnoses are on the rise – but autism itself may not be
Published: 6 days ago | (Link to BBC)
Autism is better known and diagnosed than ever before, leading to misconceptions that cases are skyrocketing. When it came to her son’s autism diagnosis,…
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Opinion | Facing the Realities of Severe Autism
Published: 6 days ago | (Link to The New York Times)
Readers react to a woman’s account of raising her autistic child.
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Autism Researchers’ Rapport Study Refutes Social-Deficit Model
Published: 7 hours ago | (Link to The University of Texas at Dallas)
Psychology doctoral student Sarah Foster, who is autistic, is the corresponding author of a study that examined four-person group interactions among neu…
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RFK, Jr. Is Completely Wrong about Autism, Say Scientists and Parents
Published: 9 hours ago | (Link to Scientific American)
A coalition of autism scientists has formed to counter RFK, Jr.’s misrepresentations of science and of autism spectrum disorder.
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