For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...

For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct ...

A Florida family claims they were kicked out of the Epic Universe them park last month over allegations of shoplifting at a ...

It is a common stereotype that autistic people do not have empathy. This stereotype is false and not backed up by the latest ...

When drivers with autism encounter police officers, they are often unsettled by the lights, sounds and communication ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

The goal is for the course to eventually branch out to include educating faculty and staff, security guards, law enforcement, ...

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The US government is approving the drug leucovorin to address rising rates of autism, despite limited evidence that it works.

Autistic adults show reduced availability of a key glutamate receptor, mGlu5, across widespread brain regions.

A California mom tells PEOPLE that she and her husband faced "judgment" over how they parented their daughter with autism.

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - A new program in Arkansas aims to make traffic stops safer for people with autism and mental illness ...