Your surroundings may influence your social behavior more than you realize. New research from the Brain Research Institute at ...

Autistic children may be nonverbal or not have the words or other typical communication strategies to clearly explain their ...

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 ...

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Asia Terry says Lake Street Primary in LA’s Westlake is criminalizing her son’s disability.

A team of researchers has discovered a new connection between a genetic alteration and social difficulties related to autism: A mutation in the neuroligin-3 gene reduces the effect of the hormone ...

Training that helps first responders recognize autism-related behaviors and adjust their approach in the first critical minutes of an emergency could save lives. That was the message of a recent ...

FARGO, N.D. - When a 13-year-old Minnesota boy was banned from church after parishioners complained about his behavior, it exposed a painful truth so politically incorrect that some people feel guilty ...

What if an autism evaluation didn't take years to process? A new Mercer University program is changing that for rural Middle ...