What started as a 911 call ended in a display of patience and compassion when a Murfreesboro police officer returned a young ...

Popular communication methods for nonspeaking autistic people have ignited a fierce debate over what counts as evidence of ...

Discover how a new $17.25M grant empowers CHLA and UCLA to accelerate breakthrough neurodevelopmental therapies. See how this ...

Miami Autism Dad Victor Antunez interviews Cristiane Rocha, a registered dental hygienist who coordinates Colgate's Bright Smiles, Bright Futures across Florida and founded her own practice, Sensory ...

Kids with autism can be 160 times more likely than other children to drown. Florida is dedicating state money to a program ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer by day, Comic by night, who aims to inform, inspire, and amuse. With nearly 78% of autistic children experiencing a ...

Studies suggest that parents of children with autism face higher risks of divorce than those of parents with neurotypical children. Source: pixelshot / Canva Pro Raising a child with autism can have a ...

A family in Guinea first sought help from a traditional healer when their son showed signs of autism as a child.

Will a child who's evaluated for autism later develop an intellectual disability? Can this be accurately predicted? Early-childhood experts in Quebec say they've have come up with a better way to find ...

Neurodiversity advocates have long argued that autistic brains are differently wired. Now, new evidence shows they are right. Researchers have found atypical numbers of brain cells in two key areas of ...

Why your child with autism is “brutally honest” in social settings At dinner, a relative asks how the new haircut looks in front of everyone and gets an answer no one expected. A teacher hears, […] ...