Autistic people are more likely than non-autistic people to hyperfocus on things. This is known as monotropism, where the ...

The middle school teacher who resigned from the West Ada School District rather than remove an "Everyone is Welcome Here" ...

In January, toymaker Mattel released the very first autistic Barbie doll. She’s wearing a loose purple dress and headphones.

They’re more than just talking points for Republican candidates. Minnesota is becoming, if it hasn’t already, a national poster child for public corruption, with fraud now approaching $1 billion. “Our ...

The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH) observed World Autism Day on Wednesday by organising a teacher training workshop titled ‘Empowering Teachers in the Identification, Social, ...

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Air pollution breathed in by women during pregnancy may be linked to a greater risk of their child developing autism, according to new research. A review of the latest literature found babies with a ...

Autism in children and young adults in America has surged in the last decade, data shows. An analysis of millions of health records found that among all age groups, diagnoses rose 175 percent between ...

Thomas VanCott compares his son Jake’s experience with autism to life on a tightrope. Upset the delicate balance and Jake, 18, plunges into frustration, slapping himself and twisting his neck in ...

The family of Ryan Gainer, a 15-year-old boy with autism who was shot and killed by San Bernardino County sheriff‘s deputies outside his Apple Valley home this month, has filed a wrongful death claim ...