A proposed new definition of autism could exclude many people now classified as having the disorder. The Times talked to Dr. Fred R. Volkmar, director of the Child Study Center at the Yale School of ...

Panama City -- The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has narrowed the guidelines to qualify as autistic meaning some people who were considered autistic, will no longer fit the definition. Until ...

As the number of students with autism in the state increases, a task force is trying to determine the best way to define the disorder and identify those who have it. About 30 people, including Midland ...

Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has spent years spreading doubt about the ...

The definition of autism is getting increasingly broader. As a result, we are building a new reality of the disorder that doesn’t accurately represent the most affected population. I first learned ...

Experts estimate that 1 percent of the population of children in the U.S. ages 3-17 have an autism spectrum disorder. Autism occurs in all racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups, and is more likely ...

Late at night, when I’m alone, I sometimes ponder what it means to be autistic. Do I experience sounds and smells differently from an allistic (non autistic) person? Scientific studies suggest I do.

An expert panel has taken a new crack at that question, proposing a redefinition of autism and related conditions for the manual used by U.S. mental health professionals. The plan has aroused fears ...

Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed and may make it harder for many people who would no longer meet the criteria ...