Instead of spreading misinformation, RFK Jr. should advocate for better care for aging Americans with the disorder.

Local occupational therapist Trisha Crone's 18-year-old son has Level 3 autism. It's one of the reasons she chose her career path in occupational therapy -- and she has worked with autistic kids for ...

Several months later, in October 2020, we received a diagnosis: Level 3 autism, the most severe form. I asked the child psychiatrist, who was very kind, if she knew why regressions like this happen.

Autism wasn’t even listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders until 1980. Before that, kids with what we now call Level 3 autism were often labeled with schizophrenia or ...

Families often come to me with concerns about their child’s behavior and development in the first few years of life. Parents ...

Today, his classification would be Level 3, which is the most severe level of autism spectrum disorder. The IRS would consider him to be “permanently and totally disabled.” That son is under ...

In announcing new autism prevalence data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Human Services ...