Experts share symptoms of autism in adults, including social communication challenges, repetitive behaviors, difficulty ...

Her autism diagnosis should mean access to specialized programs tailored to her needs. Instead, we've found ourselves turned ...

BRYANT, Ark. (KATV) — A Conway teen is awaiting his court date after being arrested for stealing two school buses and crashing one of them, but the mother has told KATV that her son is autistic and ...

When people hear the word autism, it’s often associated with a specific set of traits. But in reality, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is just that—a spectrum, encompassing a broad range of differences ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus ...

Parents often find it easier to empathize with their children once they recognize that their behavior is due to being on the autistic spectrum. If a diagnosis can help to open treatment options and ...

She wore heart-drop lollipop earrings that dangled from her ears, along with little diamond studs complementing the bright red hearts. Our conversation felt like a normal chat between two girls. She ...

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 ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is estimated to be experienced by roughly 1 in 127 ...

Intraverbal behavior, a subset of verbal operants in which a verbal stimulus evokes a response with no point‐to‐point correspondence, is emerging as a critical area of investigation in autism spectrum ...

As the Food and Drug Administration moves to make folinic acid an official treatment for a neurological condition associated ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month. It is a month set aside to celebrate the contributions and diversity within the community made up of individuals on the autism spectrum. Asia Bailey of Glen ...