New federal autism guidance aims to strengthen oversight and individualized care. Here’s what the changes could mean for ...

Autism and social anxiety frequently occur together, but it has been difficult to tell whether this combination simply ...

Autism spectrum disorder is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction, restricted ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds -- as measured by levels of gender-conforming play -- may be associated with autistic traits and behavioral difficulties in girls, and with peer relationship ...

For more than two decades, researchers have identified hundreds of genes that increase the risk of autism spectrum disorder ...

When an individual has autism and ADHD, the challenges of living in a culture that is not equipped to embrace neurodiversity ...

Autism likely has deep genetic roots, but the latest research provides hope that some learning techniques can lessen symptoms of the developmental disorder. In children with the mildest cases of ...

Action Behavior Centers (ABC), a leading provider of evidence-based applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for children ...

Two counts of aggravated assault now face a former Queen Creek behavior technician accused of hurting autistic children in ...

Recent decades have seen a year-on-year increase in clinical diagnoses of autism. Unfortunately, autism and temperature ...