In a room filled with pounding noises and clanging cowbells, L.A. County deputies learn that sometimes the best way to handle ...

Proposed legislation would provide autistic drivers with special envelopes to present during traffic stops, aiming to improve communication.

Experts are reconsidering the idea of autism as a spectrum, which could impact diagnoses and policy making for the condition ...

A 9-year-old Dinwiddie County boy with autism is helping first responders better assist children on the autism spectrum who go missing or experience trauma.

About 2% of the world's adults have autism spectrum disorder. And many people recently have come to the realization that they're autistic as adults, some sharing their stories about their diagnosis or ...

The Lancet’s proposal to create a new label of “profound autism” serves only to distract us from the work of ensuring that all autistic people have everything they need to thrive. The effort to divide ...

A bill advancing in the House aims to make it easier for public schools to locate missing students who have autism spectrum disorder. The House Education & Employment Committee unanimously approved ...

The rigid protocols of institutionalized special education often prioritize compliance over actual comprehension, leaving ...

Tisha Campbell is opening up in her new memoir about her motherhood journey and the experience of raising her autistic son, ...

When I first learned about autism—more than 30 years ago—the criteria for inclusion on the Autism Spectrum were much narrower and more distinctive than they are today.[1] Broadly, multiple differences ...