A SPECIAL alert card is being introduced to help autism sufferers alert emergency services to their condition. The Essex Autistic Society has worked with police in Essex and Suffolk to develop the ...

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) scientists have discovered a molecular difference in the brains of autistic people compared to their neurotypical counterparts.

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

Autism might begin in the gut — not the brain. A new study has found autistic children have [distinctly] different bacteria in their stomachs compared to kids without the condition. The researchers ...

Do vaccines cause autism? Is it bad parenting? Can autism be cured? Experts bust common autism myths and explain how ...

When Donald Trump gave a press conference in late September urging pregnant women to avoid taking paracetamol unless medically necessary because of a possible link to autism, the reaction from the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

WULLIE GIBSON has revealed he had to explain to his autistic son why Ayr fans sang about wanting him to DIE. The Queen of the South star claims some supporters chanted, ‘Wullie Gibson, hope you die in ...