For years, 7-year-old Israel Solis couldn’t communicate with the world around him. Born with autism and nonverbal, he would bite and scratch himself in frustration when someone couldn’t understand his ...

A tragic drowning highlights autism elopement risks and compassionate policing that prioritizes understanding over blame.

Parents are told behavioral approaches don't work for neurodivergent kids. Rigorous trials, including with autistic kids who ...

The lead author of the major study told Newsweek they were "struck" by how stable autism rates remained over time.

Children with more autistic traits view and experience the world differently than their peers do, and those differences ...

Parents are incentivised to have their children diagnosed by misguided schools and welfare systems that reward such 'labels', ...

A new behavioral study shows that autistic children with intact intelligence can identify future problems and prepare for ...

New research from the University of Colorado Anschutz provides strong evidence that horseback riding can help reduce ...

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 ...

A new two-part experiment shows that empathic ability strongly predicts helping behavior in autistic children, while positive ...

At Chain of Lakes Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida, Josette Smith's 9-year-old son, Ethan, gets to do what he loves most: crafts, math, and science. That is, when he isn't being pulled out ...

A woman shared a post on Reddit about how her husband treated their autistic child and their 14-year-old daughter after their ...