Katharine Quarmby / TruthdigDec 10, 2018
Despite promises of reform, Britain is institutionalizing growing numbers of young adults with autism and learning disabilities. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
David Armstrong / ProPublicaNov 27, 2018
Dr. David Ayoub is once again challenging mainstream science, this time as an expert witness for accused child abusers. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )
JASON DEAREN, ALLEN BREED and TAMARA LUSH / The Associated PressFeb 17, 2018
He “has fresh cuts on both his arms. Mr. Cruz stated he plans to go out and buy a gun,” the child welfare agency abuse hotline was told in 2016. But he was deemed safe and "stable." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigMar 20, 2016
Certain groups among the autistic tend to die 30 years earlier than their peers in the general population, and a charity is calling on Britain's National Health Service to find out why. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Ann BauerFeb 12, 2016
From midcentury institutions where children deemed feebleminded were committed to live in dark corners covered with their own excrement, to the millennial vaccine mania that corrupted autism research and set health policy back years, a new book paints the story of autism in sweeping, cinematic bursts. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 27, 2016
Researchers in China have engineered monkeys to develop symptoms associated with autism in the hope that scientists can find a treatment for the condition in humans. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 22, 2015
A major study published in one of the world’s leading medical journals has concluded that there is no link between the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccination and autism in children. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigFeb 11, 2015
"Even if vaccination did cause autism, which it fucking doesn't," shouts Penn Jillette, the more verbal half of the entertainment duo Penn & Teller, "anti-vaccination would still be bullshit." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigFeb 6, 2015
As the number of confirmed cases of measles in the U.S. rises above 100, "Democracy Now!" speaks to a doctor, a law professor, and a legal scholar who believes her child developed autism as a result of vaccination. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJan 19, 2013
A minority of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) -- conditions that are generally considered lifelong -- may carry the diagnosis only temporarily, researchers say. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Bill Boyarsky / TruthdigDec 13, 2012
Throughout the country, health professionals, politicians and health care activists are meeting about how to implement the Affordable Care Act now that it has been upheld by the Supreme Court and President Barack Obama's re-election.Throughout the country, health professionals, politicians and health care activists are meeting about how to implement the Affordable Care Act. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 5, 2012
This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Rep. Dennis Kucinich takes "nothing good" from the president's visit to Afghanistan, Robert Scheer on China, Occupiers and organizers, and California's autism unfairness. Dig deeper
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