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

Autism therapy centers offer services like applied behavior analysis (ABA), in which positive reinforcement is used to help ...

Private equity investors appeared more likely to enter states with a higher autism prevalence and more generous state autism ...

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

The suit was filed weeks after Steven Harrison pleaded guilty to sexually abusing the 27-year-old woman with severe autism.

Some call it the '“gold standard” of autism care but the therapy is not cheap and many state Medicaid programs are cutting ...

It's also a relatively recent coverage area for Medicaid. The federal government ordered states to cover autism treatments in ...

For many years, autism has been identified as a spectrum with differing levels of ability. New research suggests that the age ...

A new Iowa law that expands insurance coverage for Iowans with autism, impacting families across the state went into effect ...

Aaryan Vikat’s story is a compelling reminder of what early intervention, patience, and unwavering belief can achieve.

"A lot of people are misinformed on what autism can look [like] and be in daily life," Monica Van Houten tells PEOPLE ...

Katie Paxton-Fear is neurodiverse (‘autistic’, she says). It’s a common, but not causal, condition among hackers. Autism ...