People with autism have brains that are wired differently. This can make them especially strong in some areas-such as ...

People with autism have brains that are wired differently. This can make them especially strong in some areas—such as noticing patterns, remembering details, or thinking logically—while making other ...

LeeAnn DiTomaso, co-owner of Access S2C in Highland Heights, was working as a labor-and-delivery nurse when a friend’s nonverbal son demonstrated his new spelling skills by typing out this message to ...

Imagine having a conversation where every gesture and glance feels like a test. You're juggling eye contact, facial expressions and tone of voice, all while trying to keep up with the words. You might ...

After receiving evidence-based early interventions, roughly two-thirds of non-speaking kids with autism speak single words, ...

NEW YORK -- As a child with autism, Owen Suskind was unable to speak and had trouble connecting to the world around him. That is, until his family cracked the code of how to communicate with him. It ...

Autistic people are so rarely depicted in media and entertainment, it's no wonder most people don't really understand much ...

A mother with a son on the spectrum has turned their story into action as she launched "Autism Rising" a few years ago but ...

Mattel's new Barbie with autism has garnered mixed feelings from people within the autism community. Why?

Mattel just released its first autistic Barbie doll, designed with the Autism Self Advocacy Network. She comes with a fidget spinner, tablet and headphones.