My old friend was only saying what many now think: that being 'on the spectrum' has become a fad; a fashionable label for ...

Mattel, the company that makes Barbie dolls, has released a new Barbie designed to represent people who have autism. The doll is meant to help autistic people see themselves represented in a popular ...

In Amman, a mother turned her son’s autism diagnosis into the Bahja Initiative, creating a safe space that supports parents ...

The Barbie comes with accessories such as a fidget spinner, noise-cancelling headphones and a tablet equipped with an ...

When Heather Tingle was invited to take a parenting course after her daughter was diagnosed as autistic, she hoped it might offer some useful advice. Her daughter was in her teens and struggling ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — Two Harrisburg residents are being accused of abusing three children, including allegations of sexual abuse, locking an autistic child in a closet, smacking the children with ...

For Katie Collins-Ihrke, Sunday’s fatal police shooting of Alex LaMorie outside Columbia’s Patuxent Commons evokes memories of the 2013 death of Ethan Saylor, a man with Down syndrome, at the hands of ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The New Orleans Police Department has arrested the suspects in an ongoing investigation of a child abuse incident that occurred on Jan. 22 at a New Orleans school. The suspects ...

Why Isn’t My Child Responding to Their Name? Understand the Possible Reasons For parents, hearing their child respond to their name for the first time is ...

Understanding Early Social Development Eye contact is one of the earliest ways babies connect with their caregivers. From infancy, most babies naturally seek out faces, making ...

Researchers found that autistic and non-autistic people move their faces differently when expressing emotions like anger, happiness, and sadness. Autistic participants tended to rely on different ...