I recently read over my son’s last report card and was overwhelmed with pride. It showed how far he’s come — progress that, ...

The numbers highlight an oft-overlooked dilemma: Autism makes swimming instruction all the more necessary but, often, all the more difficult to get. “It’s life-changing for kids with autism ...

Not in Strully's facility, nor in programs anywhere else, for that matter. More than 24,000 children are diagnosed with autism every year. "It's heartbreaking to turn away a family.

Joshua is one of at least 69 children with autism who drowned in 2024, almost double the typical annual average of 35 wandering-related drowning deaths, according to the National Autism Association.

The children in Fein’s study, which is still ongoing, were diagnosed by an autism specialist before age 5 but no longer meet diagnostic criteria for autism. The initial diagnoses were verified ...

If you're a parent or caregiver of a child who's autistic, the odds are you're spinning more plates than the average person. The emotional, physical and logistical demands stack up, often without ...

Re "Science Aside, Food Theory Has Support" [Oct. 8]: The reasons why a diet free of gluten and casein works so well for so many autistic children are at this point theoretical.

As an autistic parent, I feel the weight of generations judging my autistic children's behavior. Because their autism is invisible, I often get the dreaded comment: they don’t look autistic.

My autistic son loves to sing “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” It’s ironic because for him, and for many families like ours, the winter holidays are more like anxiety marathons ...

Atlanta's Propel Autism is helping children and their families prepare for in-person classroom instruction and other similar experiences using a new therapy treatment.

Autism affects an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children. Their water safety has gotten occasional public attention after tragedies such as the death of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic teen who was found in ...