Children are taught that doctors are trustworthy healers, so there’s a special sense of betrayal when they inflict pain.

When Joe Prince wrote his second book, it was supposed to be a simplified autobiography. But it has become a message of endurance and determination for children, especially those with ...

Seattle satirist Maria Semple’s breakthrough novel is a flurry of contemporary, epistolary wit. Passive aggressive e-mail ...

Matthew Kenslow, a young man with autism, is living up to the name of his new book, "Unstoppable", inspiring people around ...

Matthew Kenslow, a young man with autism, is living up to the name of his new book, "Unstoppable"! He's inspiring people ...

Actors Patricia Heaton and Zachary Levi join TODAY to talk about their new film “The Unbreakable Boy” adapted from a book ...

More adults have sought insight on their own neurodiversity in the last decade — often after their children are diagnosed or after seeing social media posts. A study published last year in JAMA ...

Angela Kingdon had no friends, had been sacked from every job she had and was planning her own suicide, until she was ...

In a series on people with special needs in Pittsburgh's workforce, this story looks at the anxiety and importance of disability evaluations.

From picture books to graphic novels, fantasy to family fun, these must-read books have the power to hook kids of any gender. Some are cultural touchstones that belong in every kid's library. Others ...

A dollop of joy. Equal measures of exhaustion and exhilaration. Fluctuating doses of tediousness and frustration. Child ...

Cutesy title, I thought, which may presage a cutesy book – but no. Neurodivergence – the label given to the concept that our ...