President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have vowed to tackle what they describe as a scourge threatening American children. The rise in autism has been precipitous: One in 36 children is affected ...
‘People are like topics and most topics bore me, and I’m bad at hiding that’: Annabel Fenwick Elliott - Rii Schroer for The Telegraph I wouldn’t call it an excuse. But it’s certainly an explanation.
Your start as director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has been incredibly toxic, specifically to the autism community. You have aggressively pushed a narrative about a so-called ...
Natasha Nelson, a 35-year-old entrepreneur in Stone Mountain, Georgia, didn't have an innate sense of social norms. She didn't know why people meeting for the first time would choose to engage in ...
An ADHD diagnosis didn’t fully explain Leanne Maskell’s experiences. An autism diagnosis provided the final puzzle piece - Matt Writtle Imagine having a brain that is at constant war with itself.
If you've stumbled onto mental health TikTok, you've probably come across videos listing out traits and tendencies that could mean you have ADHD. Depending on who you ask, this can be a good thing.
I was the “different” kid. I had intense interests that I went on monologues about, I missed social cues, and I checked out of conversations to stare at the wall while my mind wandered. Later, when my ...
There was a New York Times headline that caught our eye this week - "Autism Rates Have Increased 60-Fold. I Played A Role In That." It's an opinion piece written by Dr. Allen Frances. Dr. Frances, a ...
Teddy, a 9-year-old New Jersey student, captured the room’s attention as he stepped up to the microphone at a Princeton board of education meeting earlier this week. “The U.S. Secretary of Health, RFK ...