U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler began his first town hall of the year with a hopeful, apolitical message crafted to appeal to constituents across the lower Hudson Valley swing district he represents. “We are a ...

Six-year-old Elliot, an autistic child, drowned in a pond in Altoona, Iowa, after wandering away from his father. Drowning is the leading cause of death in wandering-related incidents involving ...

"Acceptance, awareness"—these words were carved out on a big canvas by kids aged 4 to 18 on Sunday morning at a special calligraphy workshop for children with autism, led by the talented ...

April is Autism Awareness Month, and one Quad Cities family is working to better provide help for people with autism in an emergency.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - A Savannah mother is advocating for more water safety resources aimed at autistic children. Heather Boatwright-Mimms has a five-year-old son on the spectrum, she wants to help ...

It’s been two weeks since 5-year-old Kayden Nolen, with autism, disappeared from a Memphis apartment complex and was later found dead in a body of water. Data shows children with autism are 160 ...

Amid rising concern about drowning among children with autism, a new effort is underway to help kids with cognitive, physical and developmental needs across the country learn to be safe in the water.

Then a layoff notice came. Embarrassed and hurt, 34-year-old Pierce, who has autism, said they struggled to understand why they’d been let go. So they turned to Autistic Translator, an AI tool ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ill-chosen words on autism have provoked something like rage among many families with autistic children. “Can you believe this!” ...

“The baseline for autism in this country was established with the largest epidemiological study in history, a study of all 900,000 children in the state of Wisconsin, children under the age of ...

Beginning in the 1990s, more services became available to autistic children, including special education and treatments covered by insurance. Access to services means, "there’s just a lot ...