An Illinois Senate measure aims to introduce autism, ADHD and neurodivergent education in K-8 schools to reduce bullying and increase understanding.

Staff at the Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment are concerned about plans to create a registry of Americans with ...

While the majority of states within the United States choose to license the individual practitioners of ABA therapy, the ...

The disease was then, as it is now, both incurable and intolerable: typically an inexorable descent into cognitive and ...

While often associated with childhood, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is increasingly being recognized in adults who may have gone undiagnosed for years, sometimes even decades. For many, a late ...

The partnership will focus first on "enabling research around the root causes" of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), HHS said. Researchers can use the platform to identify autism diagnosis trends ...

This shift could reshape both autism research and clinical care — helping clinicians anticipate different trajectories in diagnosis, development and treatment. “The ability to define biologically ...

Children with autism showed significant improvement in symptoms with vitamin D — but it has to be delivered this way ...

Growing numbers of adults are seeking assessment for autism and other conditions. These diagnoses can help them understand themselves better and lead better, more fulfilling lives.

Jenni 'JWoww' Farley says she once had to "lock" herself and her son in an airport bathroom and "hog-tie" him while she was first processing her son's autism diagnosis.

Parents can notice the earliest signs of autism, such as limited eye contact, minimal social interaction and repetitive behaviors, during their child’s first two years. Autism can be diagnosed ...