The recent plans by the Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a database of autistic people's medical data have raised significant concerns within the autistic community and advocacy groups ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is launching a disease registry to track Americans with autism. Why it matters: ...

The Trump administration reportedly has plans to scrape your private medical data from sources like your doctor, your ...

Kennedy repeated false claims that autism was a ‘preventable’ ‘epidemic’ and that the ADDM report findings could not be ...

Autism is “a developmental disability that affects how we experience the world around us,” writes the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). Individuals with autism may think, process sensations, move ...

The ASAN press release disputes the claim that autism rates are indeed increasing. The group argues autistic and other disabled individuals “belong in our society” even if the condition is ...

The Autistic Self Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which ...

A Growing Awareness, A Growing Community For years, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) was seen primarily as a childhood ...

Autism is “a developmental disability that affects how we experience the world around us,” writes the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). Individuals with autism may think, process ...