The logic behind the rise in diagnoses of autism, the cause of which still ... “I worry when we kind of try to move backwards to try to figure that out when there is so much promising research ...

Roth said many agree that more research is needed to determine what causes autism, but Kennedy's approach has raised alarms. "There is a deep concern that we are going backward and evaluating ...

“We do not wish to step backwards. We wish to keep moving forward to the future, rather than looking back to the past.” Despite Kennedy’s claim that people with autism will “never write a ...

Autism advocacy groups worry that Kennedy’s study may prove counterproductive. “There is a deep concern that we are going backward and evaluating debunked theories,” Autism Speaks ...

The NIH's proposed autism registry, though walked back ... They view the rhetoric and actions behind such a study as a step backwards for the advances made by people with disabilities and the ...

“So to create really a stigmatizing label again, it's going backwards.” She added that “identifying or falsely labeling things that people with autism cannot do” is something she always ...

"I think most parents bend over backward so it doesn't affect the other children," says McCarton. In a recent study published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, researchers ...