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

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes he would have been diagnosed as autistic if he were a child today. Gates made the revelation in an interview to promote his forthcoming book, ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten ...

New research identifies four presentations of autism based on genetics, behaviors and the ages when symptoms first appeared.

At least half of all autistic children experience some form of aggression, such as hitting, kicking or name-calling, while their parents are tasked with helping them cope and integrate socially. Yet ...

Two new Arkansas programs aim to make traffic stops safer and more effective for people with autism and mental illness.The ...

A local family says recent changes to behavioral therapy coverage for Idahoans on Medicaid are already affecting their young ...