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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, alleging the company failed to warn that Tylenol taken during pregnancy could increase the risk of autism and ADHD. The move comes after President Trump’s remarks on ignited public debate on the cause of autism and the safety of Tylenol.

Is there a connection? Bonnie Petrie talks with a pediatrician who specializes in neurodevelopmental disorders like autism about the president's claims on Tylenol and the MMR vaccine as potential causes of autism and a form of vitamin B9 as a potential treatment.

In making unsupported claims about autism, the Trump administration is "pointing the finger" at parents and making them feel guilty, says autism community advocate Colin Killick.

A clinical psychologist at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley hopes her research of individuals with autism spectrum disorder provides a better communication pathway between providers, parents, and children.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Dr. Allen Frances, about his piece in the New York Times titled, "Autism Rates have Increased 60-Fold. I Played a Role in That."

Researchers at the University of Texas at San Antonio want to give police and EMTs tools other than restraint when responding to an autistic person in crisis.

Petrie Dish host Bonnie Petrie has a wide-ranging conversation with the executive director of the Autism Society of Texas as Robert Kennedy's HHS focuses on the rise in autism diagnoses.

Around 30% of boys diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy also experience cognitive dysfunction and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and ADHD. A UT Health San Antonio neuroscientist is doing research he hopes will uncover what is causing these deficits and how they might be treated.

The sweetener has been linked to various neurological issues since it went on the market.

The study found boys diagnosed with autism were more than three times as likely to have been born to mothers who reported consuming at least one or more servings of diet soda a day during pregnancy or breastfeeding.