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By Thomas Clapper FPS Staff Writer Pieces with Purpose was formed in 2016 as a result of a lifelong friendship between Riley Sprague and Alaina Ulman, two high school students who met in kindergarten.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested environmental factors may be behind the rise in autism rates without evidence. NBC News’ Anne Thompson reports.April 16, 2025 ...

ATLANTA — An estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children have autism, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday, marking another jump in a long string of increases. The CDC's data ...

SAN DIEGO — The attendees of the second-annual Autism Health Summit had already ... it would give them barely more than a season to solve a puzzle that has preoccupied researchers for over ...

Swansea (UK), Apr 11 (The Conversation) For decades, a jigsaw puzzle piece has been used to symbolise autism across the world. It has been used for charity logos and awareness ribbons, and even ...

The jigsaw puzzle piece has symbolized autism for decades, but many autistic individuals find it offensive, viewing it as outdated and a misrepresentation. The symbol's history emphasizes a medical ...

For decades, a jigsaw puzzle piece has been used to symbolise autism across the world. It has been used for charity logos and awareness ribbons, and even tattooed on to the bodies of well-meaning ...

SWANSEA (UK), Apr 11: For decades, a jigsaw puzzle piece has been used to symbolise autism across the world. It has been used for charity logos and awareness ribbons, and even tattooed on to the ...

To many autistic people, the puzzle piece represents stigma, exclusion and a harmful push to make them conform.

IT’S April again, and if you are lucky enough to not know what that means, it’s Autism Acceptance Month ... The multi-coloured puzzle piece’s annual time to shine. Note that I said “acceptance” and ...