Severe autism is considered level 3 on the spectrum, as it profoundly impacts an individual’s behavior and social life. Learn ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law expanding services and funding for children with autism and other developmental ...

Autism has come full circle; from perceptions of the disability as lifelong, to beliefs of “growing out of it” and back again ...

A new twin study published in Translational Psychiatry suggests that the sensory sensitivities often seen in autistic ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Socrates asked a surprisingly enduring question: What is a tickle, and why are we so sensitive to ...

His comments and his plan to swiftly study its causes, have splintered a community of millions of people living with autism.

Rather than addressing the real needs of autistic people and their families, measures like these reflect a fundamental ...

A board game through which players use images on cards to develop and tell their own stories could be particularly appreciated among people with autism as it offers a means to explain their ...

Autism spectrum disorder, or ASD for short, is a neurological and developmental condition that ... as a social communication disorder, research is starting to further show that these difficulties ...

The Trump administration wants to eliminate university centers on developmental disabilities and rethink IDEA funding, but a ...

Michigan's top health official questions Kennedy's research timeline while autism advocates criticize his characterization of ...

Screening can now determine their risk for an ever-growing list of conditions — including ones we can’t do much about.