Child diagnoses are rising; however, due to changing definitions, systems, and expectations, it is not an epidemic of illness ...

The DSM is a resource mental health professionals can turn to for standardized diagnostic criteria for mental health ...

Autism incidence in the U.S. has increased from 1 in 36 children in 2020 to 1 in 31 in 2022, according to a report released ...

childhood disintegrative disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)—into a single diagnosis: Autism Spectrum Disorder. The DSM-5 also introduced new ...

RFK Jr. has promised to find the "cause" of the "autism epidemic" by September. Many people in the autism community are offended by his rhetoric.