Look past the widespread outrage over Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent remarks about autism, and you will see that many of us whose lives are shaped by the most severe form of the disorder found ...

I have been on the autism spectrum for my whole life. Not only have I accomplished a lot for my age, but I have also been able to do nearly everything you said I couldn’t.

With autism in my life, I gladly never feel a burden on me, as if I weren’t good enough because of my condition. I have embraced my condition instead of letting it torment me.

With autism in my life, I gladly never feel a burden on me, as if I weren’t good enough because of my condition. I have embraced my condition instead of letting it torment me.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discusses autism at a news conference in D.C. on April 16. When I was 12, my parents brought me to the Children’s National Hospital in D ...

Autism rates have soared. This doctor says he knows part of the reason why NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, ...

With autism in my life, I gladly never feel a burden on me, as if I weren’t good enough because of my condition. I have embraced my condition instead of letting it torment me.

With autism in my life, I gladly never feel a burden on me, as if I weren’t good enough because of my condition. I have embraced my condition instead of letting it torment me.

I have been on the autism spectrum for my whole life. Not only have I accomplished a lot for my age, but I have also been able to do nearly everything you said I couldn’t.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Dear Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Autism hasn’t and won’t ever stop me from reaching ...

I have been on the autism spectrum for my whole life. Not only have I accomplished a lot for my age, but I have also been able to do nearly everything you said I couldn’t.