Every autistic child has individual strengths and needs. New research investigates how a category of ‘profound autism’ could impact their diagnosis and supports.

As the definition of autism has widened, there’s been a growing push to separate profound autism into its own diagnosis.

School officials became aware of the incident, immediately removed the three suspects from the school and notified police.

Young Author shines a powerful light on autism in a creative way I wrote the book for my little brother Zaire and all ...

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When you talk to a child as an adult, you unconsciously change the way you speak. It is often thought that such adjustments ...

Three assistant teachers at Arthur Ashe Charter School are facing charges after they allegedly locked a non-verbal autistic ...

The emotionally disturbed Brooklyn woman who claims she’s not the mother of a missing 11-year-old autistic boy has his name tattooed on her arm, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Friday. The ...

A Unionville mother expressed concern and anger after an ‘Autistic Child Area’ sign was taken, saying the sign was placed to ...

In the academic year so far, the proportion of children who are “persistently absent” from schools in England – missing at least 10% of school sessions – stands at 19.5%. This is up from last year – ...