Autism Answers Back

A pause, not a disappearance There is no easy way to write this.

When “Early” Means Before We Exist A study out of Purdue University examines the feasibility and acceptability of home-based collection of biological and environmental samples related to later autism diagnosis.

Review finds no evidence linking prenatal paracetamol use to autism Over the past few months we've seen a resurgence of a tired old claim: that taking paracetamol (acetaminophen) during pregnancy increases a child’s likelihood of developing autism.

Groundbreaking research reveals what we already suspected — everything is Mom’s fault.

This Time, Lactation Becomes a Morality Test A familiar rhythm tends to resonate from autism papers.

How Autism Disappears Inside the Language of Clean Air In October 2025 a major Ontario cohort study linked prenatal exposure to fine-particle pollution with a higher chance of an autism diagnosis.

Not “Anti-Science,” Just “Anti-Control” Every time autistic people question how science studies us, we get called ideologues.

Study Exposes How Institutional Narratives Shape Public Understanding of Autism In late October 2025 a PLOS ONE paper by Helen Abnett, Kathryn Williams, Willow Holloway and Aimee Grant quietly shifted the ground under Britain’s autism sector.

When Clinical Terms are Written in Stone, They Turn Autism into Damage In a recent Mass General Brigham research study published in Obstetrics & Gynecology journal about COVID-19 and its effects during pregnancy, the authors characterized autism and devel…

Sometimes the most ethical diagnosis is the one left unwritten A new Viewpoint paper by two pediatricians lays the groundwork for a long‑overdue shift inside clinical autism practice.