A conversation between worried parents and a police officer inspired a visual cue to help cops adapt their approach during ...

Indiana’s pause on enrolling new autism therapy providers is a prudent measure along as there's a plan put in place to mitigate financial fraud and abuse.

Re “Autism Clinics Pursue Profits From Preschoolers” (front page, May 25): Your investigation into applied behavior analysis, or A.B.A., provides long-overdue scrutiny of this industry’s enormous cost ...

Autistic women often mask to survive, only to be praised for quirks and dismissed when quirks aren't cute. The manic pixie ...

Most people cannot imagine the challenges autism poses to families caring for someone afflicted with the developmental disorder. But when those challenges are exacerbated by unscrupulous individuals ...

The mother of a participant in a Northwest suburban program for adults with special needs is suing its operators in Cook County court, alleging employee negligence led to her son being pushed out a ...

The Trump administration has fast-tracked research into psychedelics, and experts say it is likely a matter of time before ...

To fix a shortage of facility schools, Colorado widened the rules. But one of the first new schools to open now faces a state ...

Writer/director Lucca Vieira’s debut feature “The Midway Point” immediately makes its noble intentions plain with an onscreen ...

An Arizona man who formerly worked as a behavioral therapist for children with special needs was accused of assaulting a ...

Young, media-savvy autistic creators are sharing snippets of their daily lives and explanations of the challenges they ...

Children often express emotional pain through behavior before they can explain it. Emotional safety in classrooms can transform behavior and self perception. A caring teacher may become a child's ...