Autistic children communicate in a wide variety of ways, ranging from nonspeaking to highly talkative. The environment of a busy pool may trigger sensory overload and distress, ca ...

VALLEY STREAM, Long Island (PIX11) — A local family is both upset and relieved after their autistic child, who just finished fifth grade, somehow managed to book an Uber early in the morning and get ...

One union asked the school board to create a policy for the district’s pre-kindergarten program. Rest cots are stacked in a volunteer pre-kindergarten class at Dunedin Elementary School in 2022. The ...

To a son, his father is larger than life — the man with all the answers, the hero. Mine certainly is. But while writing a book about my father, I learned the truth: My hero was scared. Starting when I ...

UNIGE scientists have discovered that children with autism exhibit different brain patterns depending on their language abilities. This discovery could improve predictions of their language ...

A teenager who found comfort and clarity in an autism diagnosis wants to put a friend on a similar path, but is unsure how much encouragement is appropriate. By Philip Galanes I am a teenager who was ...

Another news article about expensive, experimental autism treatments showed up in my feed this weekend—this time in the British paper, The Guardian. Over the years, I have read dozens of stories like ...

CUMBERLAND, Ind. — A 22-year-old Cumberland man is behind bars after a 37-hour investigation into a hit-and-run crash that claimed the life of a non-verbal 6-year-old boy with autism. Tyler Johnson, ...

Re “Autism Clinics Pursue Profits From Preschoolers” (front page, May 25): Your investigation into applied behavior analysis, or A.B.A., provides long-overdue scrutiny of this industry’s enormous cost ...

The newly elected president of Seattle’s teachers union is under investigation over allegations involving the abuse of an autistic child, fueling outrage among parents and intensifying scrutiny of ...

1 of 3 — Two women stand smiling in front of colorful indoor play equipment, including a slide and a yellow wall with climbing holds. One wears a printed t-shirt, the other a light yellow top. A ...

A $12.9 million joint study between Duke Health and UNC Health aims to improve treatment options for autistic children with gastrointestinal struggles. Researchers estimate 65% of autistic children ...