Hawaii taxpayers will pay $8 million to provide lifetime care for a severely autistic student.

I recently clarified how the neurodiversity paradigm can help amplify the voices of those classified as “severely” autistic. That was partly in response to the oft-repeated (but ultimately misguided) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aaliyah Fortner was found dead Sunday, Oct. 26 in a house in Gastonia. Two women were arrested and accused of beating and tasing ...

Experts are reconsidering the idea of autism as a spectrum, which could impact diagnoses and policy making for the condition ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a news conference on April 22. Credit: Getty Images / Andrew Harnik Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this post stated incorrectly that the teacher leading one of Conrad high’s autism units, Aimee Kelly, had been fired for alleged misconduct toward a student. She has ...

The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two men who are accused of abusing a 29-year-old severely autistic man who was living at a privately-run group home in unincorporated East Bexar County ...

With less than a month left on their lease, Tammy Majeed has been told her family is not eligible for social housing because they still have a roof over their heads.

A MUM says her severely autistic son is putting himself and others “in danger” on a children’s ward where he has been stuck ...

The singer-songwriter, who is on tour, says the diagnosis has provided clarity on her life challenges. R&B singer Chrisette Michele says her life and its challenges finally make sense now that she has ...

R&B singer Chrisette Michele says her life and its challenges finally make sense now that she has learned of her autism diagnosis. The Grammy-winning recording artist took a moment to share news of ...