A staff member at a Massachusetts residential program for children living with autism is accused of breaking a teenage ...

The Springfield Police Department is launching a new initiative aimed at making traffic stops and other law enforcement encounters less stressful for individuals on the autism spectrum.

Can you believe that Gov. Maura Healey of all people is now attacking Donald Trump on the issue of “affordability?” ...

Researchers found that autistic and non-autistic people move their faces differently when expressing emotions like anger, happiness, and sadness. Autistic participants tended to rely on different ...

It’s 7am and Maddie Lewis, 16, is eating cereal in self-absorbed delight. Ignoring my arrival, she doesn’t look up when I sit beside her at the kitchen table. Engrossed in her iPad, she ­replays over ...

The parents of a profoundly ­autistic child have warned that “more families will blow up” if the NDIS does not better support parents of children with high needs.

In the spring and early fall of 2021, campus leaders at J.L. Everhart Elementary School received warnings that special education children were possibly being abused. Months later, video captured ...

As Operation Metro Surge ramped up, disabled immigrants found themselves facing additional challenges, including disruptions to their caregivers and anxiety about communicating in high-conflict ...

(NEXSTAR) — What’s your favorite scary movie franchise? Hello, Sidney: It’s probably “Scream” if you care enough to open a ranking of the long-running films series’ installments. Ahead of the release ...

New research challenged the longstanding belief that autism is much more common in males versus females. In a Swedish study of 2.7 million people, male-to-female ratios in autism diagnoses were nearly ...

Adam Omary is a psychologist and research fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. For years, public health debate has often fixated on a supposed rise in the ...