New estimates show that 61.8 million people around the globe have autism and that the developmental disability is among the most common health issues facing youth. As of 2021, researchers found that 1 ...

For the first time, a Barbie doll with features designed to account for the ways in which individuals with autism experience ...

This report is based on a recent in-depth article by the BBC, which examined how modern genetics is transforming scientific understanding of autism and reigniting debates within the autistic community ...

The goal is for the course to eventually branch out to include educating faculty and staff, security guards, law enforcement, ...

This Is Us” was far more than a theme at Parc Center for Disabilities’ 56th annual Black-Tie Gala — it was a showcase of ...

A wider variety of symptoms are included in the diagnostic definition of autism spectrum disorder today than when autism was first introduced as a mental health condition in 1980. Vladimir ...

Patricia Mouthon adores her 12-year-old son. “He is lovely and cute and amazing and I love him,” said Mouthon, a Virginia Beach resident. But that doesn’t mean taking care of him every day is easy.

The gut brain axis is an important relationship very few people discuss or even understand. It is composed of a two-way communication system between your gut (digestive system) and your brain which ...

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Autism prevalence among eight-year-old Utah children remains steady at approximately one in 37 (2.7%), according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

Despite the rise of people diagnosed with autism, explicit training for law enforcement to respond to people with developmental or intellectual disabilities is still rare. Misunderstandings between ...

More Minnesotans with developmental and intellectual disabilities are aging and need more involved care, leaving more to soon need group homes and other residential facilities as their families, who ...