When Sarah Sanders began college, she hoped she would be fine without the special education help she received in high school. Then she found herself struggling in biology class. Fortunately, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Monty says "it will make loads of families happier and better if we make more sensory areas" at classrooms [Family handout] An ...

A diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder brings with it many difficult challenges, including the need for parents to find the best school situation for their child. For 7-year-old Declan Powell, the ...

A Catalight researcher has been awarded a $4.5 million National Institute of Health (NIH) R01 grant to study RUBIES, a program aimed at reducing challenging behaviors among autistic elementary ...

In a busy Washington, D.C. classroom, a student rocks gently in his chair, hands over his ears. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities from the media company who has been ...

When: Solanco school board meeting, Feb. 2. What happened: The board heard from teachers Michele Haverly and Alicia Flemming what an autistic support classroom might look like at the high school next ...

A s Otto Lewis, a sophomore at Western Kentucky University, sees it, he’s actually pretty lucky. True, he has autism, a developmental disorder that makes navigating college — and life in general — ...

Nathan Riggin, left, a student at Penn Highlands Regional Center for Autism in Connellsville, Fayette County, works on a craft with toddlers Jimmy Mongel and Beau Banko from The Learning Lamp of ...

Madera Unified is preparing now for Autism Acceptance Month, which takes place in April. Program Administrator for Autism ...

After Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stood before a crowd last week and called autism an “epidemic” and “disease” — a term the scientific community abandoned decades ago — ...