She struggled to adapt, which is a common problem for autistic people, so like many others on the spectrum, Parsons tried ...

ABA therapy is controversial, as some argue that it reinforces the idea that autistic behaviors are inherently wrong. Autistic people do not need treatment to “cure” their autism. Rather ...

For Fatima Molas’ son, years of a controversial autism treatment helped him with daily skills, like potty training. But, she said, the therapy called applied behavior analysis (ABA) is not the ...

The controversial treatment comes as one in 31 children in the US are thought to have autism, a staggering increase from about one in 150 in the early 2000s. Health secretary Robert F ...

This scientific evidence has put the issue of whether vaccines have led to an autism epidemic to rest in biomedical circles. Yet, the controversy regarding the vaccine-autism link still persists ...