To many autistic people, the puzzle piece represents stigma, exclusion and a harmful push to make them conform.

The chemical symbol for gold is“Au”, the first two letters of autism. The puzzle piece was created in the 1960s by non-autistic people to represent a condition they saw as tragic and mysterious.

The chemical symbol for gold is "Au", the first two letters of autism. The puzzle piece was created in the 1960s by non-autistic people to represent a condition they saw as tragic and mysterious. But ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Here is information about autism spectrum disorder and ways to be more inclusive of those on the spectrum.

This is my son we're talking about. And millions of others like him. They are not statistics. They are not burdens. They are ...

Kennedy Jr.'s cousins called out "slurs and statements that demean" those with autism in an open letter. "We have been reminded again and again that people with autism can and will continue to be ...

Autism is not something we should seek to eradicate but embrace. I say embrace. Not “tolerate” or “include,” or “accept.” Those words whisper what Secretary Kennedy howled at the moon.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called autism an “epidemic” and vowed to find the ...