If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...

I have a disability; it is called autism. Disability is not a bad word. It's simply an aspect of the human condition, one that we all encounter throughout life, whether it's a short-term disability ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting for the first time on its efforts to expand tracking of children with autism to include teens on the spectrum. The federal agency has long ...

Lawmakers approved a short-term extension of the nation’s primary autism law, but the path to renewing the measure, which includes nearly $2 billion for the developmental disability, could be rockier ...

Rep. Jay Case, R-Winchester, and Rep. Lucy Dathan, D-New Canaan, co-drafters of HB 5001, in the chamber ahead of the Connecticut House bill's vote. Credit: Erica Phillips / CT Mirror A bipartisan bill ...

Dasgupta is the author of “Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins” and a professor of medicine at Boston University. President Trump and health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have characterized the rise ...

For Seri Amalia Khairil, mother to a 13-year-old son with autism, family outings require careful planning and can be ...

Lamar Hardwick, a disability activist, author and preacher known as “The Autism Pastor,” died on May 22. He was 47 years old.

This week, Mad in America examines four studies related to the use of language around disabilities and mental health ...