A former staff member at a group home in Wethersfield has been charged in connection with multiple assaults of an autistic woman who had to be treated at the hospital. Kendra A. Demudd, 24, of ...

As the number of children with autism rises in the United States, so does the number of autistic adults who need special care. Many of those adults end up in group homes, but the wait lists for those ...

The family of Linda DaLomba, a 45-year-old nonverbal autistic woman, is suing Seven Hills Rhode Island, the group home where she lived. In March, DaLomba's caretaker, Seven Hills employee Roberta ...

A tired, struggling father online penned a question to Quora, a popular question-and-answer website where anyone can ask a question and receive answers from strangers. The father’s question was in ...

It’s the end of summer but most people still want to play — at the beach, on a bike, or on the baseball diamond. For many, that urge even intensifies as the days grow shorter and the weather turns ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gregorio Topete, 30, and his mother, Laura, at Mason Park in Chatsworth. Topete has autism and has been injuring himself, leading ...

The death of a 22-year-old Brick man while in the care of an Oceanport day program has led to questions of how to protect ...