Severe autism cases remained flat over 20 years — even as milder diagnoses skyrocketed 1,800%, study finds

The “autism epidemic,” which has seen a huge rise in the number of people diagnosed with autism in the last 20 years, is a result of the doctors widening the definition of the disorder, while the number of severely disabled autistic people has remained flat, according to the lead researcher behind a bombshell new study. … Read more

Women who remained pen pals since 1980 finally met in person

Women who remained pen pals since 1980 finally met in person

It was an ink-redible day. Two cross-country pen pals, who had been corresponding with one another since they were elementary school students in 1980, finally met for the first time in Wayne, Pennsylvania. “Only difference is now we’ve been in the same place at the same time,” Krystel Alston of Ontario, California, told ABC7 about … Read more