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

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

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

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.

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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer by day, Comic by night, who aims to inform, inspire, and amuse. When Autism Speaks was founded in 2005, the autism ...

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 ...

Researchers have found that the severity of autism symptoms, rather than the diagnosis itself, is linked to patterns of brain connectivity associated with genes connected to autism and ADHD.

When Sarah Sanders began college, she hoped she would be fine without the special education help she received in high school. Then she found herself struggling in biology class. Fortunately, a ...