Many autistic people face challenges in their daily life while navigating a world made for neurotypical people.

New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

For decades, autism has been described as a spectrum - an elastic term that stretches from nonverbal children to adults with ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they ...

When Aimee Karpien adopted her son, Henry, at 18 months old, she immediately suspected he had developmental delays and sensory processing challenges. “We quickly pursued evaluation through early ...

Autism is an inherently complex condition, but new research breaks it down into four distinct categories, each defined by a ...

Discovering that your child has autism can change your life tremendously. Notwithstanding your deep love for your child, parents can experience feelings of grief, anger, fear, and stress. Parents may ...

Disney characters gave parents entryway into son's hidden thoughts and emotions. March 11, 2014— -- Owen Suskind was a talkative and lively child until the age of 3, when all that he had learned ...

Drowning is the leading cause of death for autistic children, according to a study from Columbia University, and people with autism are 160 times more likely to drown than their neurotypical peers, ...