Two autistic Long Island children were able to stroll off their schools’ grounds unnoticed fewer than 48 hours apart last week — and one of them ended up killed while walking along a busy highway. The ...

A quick-thinking deputy and a brave big brother helped save a missing 5-year-old nonverbal girl who wandered into a Florida ...

The condition that became known as autism was described before the Tylenol brand was created. Autism's history dates back further than the drug's.

The Trump administration announced on Monday, Sept. 22, that it had found the "answer to autism" – a claim that's evoked strong reactions from across the political spectrum. Health and Human Services ...

A new NYPD sketch depicts the 11-year-old autistic boy reported missing from his Brooklyn apartment – and whose mother has ...

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.

Soon after psychiatrist Leo Kanner first identified autism in the 1940s, he and his colleagues proposed a simple explanation for its cause: mothers’ “lack of genuine warmth” toward their children.

A local immigrant rights group is stepping in to help a Houston mother after her 15-year-old autistic son, who had been ...

Many Autistic Students Are Denied A Full Education - Here's What We Need For Inclusive Schools. As students settle into the ...