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Finding Inclusion Through Understanding: Brett Anthony’s Journey with Autism and Advocacy

The Caregiver Collective Interviews Series shares real stories from families caring for loved ones with special needs—offering a space for connection, understanding, and support. G...

Op-Ed: For Parents of Autistic Children, The Path Forward Lies Within the Community

I don’t remember much of what was said during my son’s autism assessment. I remember the diagnosis. I remember words like “severe,” “substantial,” and “lifelong support.” I remembe...

South Richmond Hill community comes out for annual autism awareness walk

More than 400 community members attended the fourth annual Autism and Developmental Disabilities Walk and Resource Fair at Phil “Scooter” Rizzuto Park in South Richmond Hill on May...

My Sister Is Autistic and Nonverbal. Here Are 3 Ways I Connect With Her

… “It’s a mess,” said Catherine Lord, the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Education in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, whose work focuses on au...

MAHA's Treatments For Autism: Camel's Milk, Stem Cell Injections — And Spelling Therapy

TUESDAY, June 9, 2026 — Elizabeth Bonker is a silent woman with a loud mission. She wants government agencies to cover the costs of training people with autism in a form of commun...

Autism Increases Odds Of Suicidal Crisis. 988 Is Changing To Better Serve This Group

Shifts in 988 hotline volunteer behavior can have a major impact for callers with autism, a population more likely to experience suicidal crisis. The post Autism Increases Odds Of...

Raising a Child With Autism in Today’s Age

Parenting an autistic child is a challenging yet rewarding journey, laden with research, advocacy, and therapy. Early diagnosis and intervention are crucial for developmental gains...

Brains of teens with autism 'tune in' less to unfamiliar voices, study finds

Like other teenagers, teens on the autism spectrum are itching to exercise their social muscles. They hope for new friends, fun with people who share their interests, maybe even a...

Parent-Founded Nonprofit Autism Learn & Play Inc. Expands Inclusive Programs to Reach Underserved Children Across th...

Autism in Virginia

By James C. Sherlock Autism therapy is the wild west of medical qualifications and spending. Autism is real, but industry professionals and the non-profits who lobby for limitless...

The Changing Face of Autism

Highly influential experts take different approaches to challenging the definitions of autism they themselves espoused, leaving many with ASD frustrated, confused, and vulnerable.

How writing can help some people with autism find their voice

HEALTH AFFAIRS: More people need to know about methods that teach people with autism how to communicate, so that further research can be done on it.

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Closing the Mental Health Gap for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Future of Personal Health captures the impactful work being accomplished by Special Olympics to mitigate the gap in mental health care for people with disabilities. The following i...

Simple urine test shifts autism diagnosis from behavior to biology

Researchers have developed a urine-based screening tool that may help identify individuals who are most likely to be diagnosed with autism later in life, opening the door to assess...

An autism breakthrough, or an illusion? The fight over assisted spelling

In early June, Ally Betchan and her family made the monthly trek from their small central Texas town to a therapy center in Austin, hoping that she could learn to communicate. Like...

How ABA Therapy Helps to Overcome Autism in Atlanta?

For parents in Atlanta, finding themselves in a situation where normal communication, interactions, […]

MAHA’s Treatments for Autism: Camel’s Milk, Stem Cell Injections — And Spelling Therapy

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new autism panel is championing a controversial communication method popular among parents of severely autistic people. Critics warn of abu...

When Something Feels Different: The Autism Signs Black Parents Are Too Often Told To Ignore

Family's world-wide search for diagnosis after doctors dismiss symptoms as autism

Josh Docos and Nesa Morey's son, Armani, started having paralyitic fits last year and would sleep up to 16 hours. Doctors told them it was just autism.

4-Year-Old Boy With Autism Found Dead After Eloping From Home: 'Heartbreaking Loss'

[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] Such devastating news out of Kentucky. A 4-year-old boy with autism who disappeared from his Louisville neighborhood over the weekend was...

RFK Jr. , stem cells for autism, & more clinics including one selling sheep cell injections

Are stem cells for autism promising? The answer so far is a clear “no”. Even a Duke team that was for a time very upbeat about the potential of umbilical cord cell therapy for auti...

Autism risk framework tracks genes, maternal factors and environment across 18,000 families

A new statistical framework developed by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Kaiser Permanente Nort...

Innovative Urine Test Offers Easy Screening for Autism in Children

A groundbreaking scientific advancement has emerged from Arizona State University (ASU) that promises to revolutionize early autism spectrum disorder (ASD) detection—an innovation...