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If pop culture wants to explore autism with integrity, it needs to stop being afraid of it

FX's "The Bridge" succeeds because detective Sonya Cross's autism doesn't define her character, or the series

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Films like "Adam" present autism-spectrum characters as real people. Cool! But do the movies have to be so lame?

Pop star theorized that her baby got autism due to prior abortion -- and weighed in on vaccines. Here are the facts

Former GOP congresswoman goes viral with snappy comeback — but if America falls for her act, we're the real idiots

Anti-vaccine conspiracist and "View" co-host Jenny McCarthy isn't just quirky -- she spreads lies that hurt people

In this enjoyable 19th century potboiler with a twist, a boy is raised as a girl, and a balladeer plays a starring role in solving the mystery of her parentage.

Trump has sometimes appeared to be an idiot savant with brilliant political instincts. This time, not so much

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This could only come from someone who has no idea how bond markets, our legal system, and the world economy work