Recent headlines about Tylenol use during pregnancy potentially increasing the risk of neurological conditions such as autism ...

The phrases “autism spectrum” or “on the spectrum” have become "part of everyday language" since the phrase was coined in the 1980s by psychiatrist Dr Lorna Wing, whose work transformed how autism was ...

It isn’t the misinformation that troubles autistic people the most. It’s the subtext that the world would be better off ...

Buddy's autistic, meaning his brain experiences and reacts to the world in a different way from many people's. He struggles ...

Special Strong, a specialty fitness provider for people with mental, physical, and cognitive challenges, had a grand opening ...

While the neurological differences associated with autism likely have deep biological roots, the way autism is recognized, described, evaluated, and responded to is very much a product of culture, ...

FIRST ON FOX: Parents from Northern Virginia late Wednesday night surpassed the massive $125,000 bond that a judge ordered ...

I wasn’t looking for a diagnosis in April of 2004 when I began reading a New York Times article on Asperger’s syndrome — then psychiatry’s label for a less-disabling form of autism. But soon after ...

"Let Me Fly" workshop presentation, in collaboration with DLO Musical Theatre, will premiere at 7 p.m. Nov. 7-8 and 2 p.m.

O. Rose Broderick reports on the health policies and technologies that govern people with disabilities’ lives. Before coming to STAT, she worked at WNYC’s Radiolab and Scientific American, and her ...

Accurate perceptions of emotions are essential for successful social interactions. Emotions are divided into different categories, such as basic emotions (anger, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness, and ...

Amid relentless forced Palestinian displacement in Gaza under intense Israeli bombardment, taking care of children with special needs becomes even more perilous. Abeer Hassan, looking after her ...