Jenny Dim was reported missing March 13. Kentucky State Police issued the IAN alert 162 minutes after the initial request, ...

Mother and child held in notorious Rio Grande Valley detention centre despite presenting visa, family says ...

Drowning is the leading cause of death among autistic children who elope, or wander away from their parents or caregivers. So ...

A 6-year-old student was attached by her apron to a classroom chair during lunch on multiple occasions, leading to a teacher ...

Many more boys are diagnosed with autism every year than girls. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the disorder is 4.5 times more common among boys than girls. Boys appear to ...

A mother and father from Minnesota are behind bars after they allegedly locked up their 10-year-old daughter with autism in a bed, left her alone for at least 10 or 12 hours and found her unconscious ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WBBH) - Even though she doesn’t know how to swim, a good Samaritan in Florida rushed to rescue an 11-year-old girl with autism who fell into a lake. Mia Garcia, 11, was collecting ...

Skylar Hopson, a nonverbal child with autism, was reported missing from her home in Pearland Wednesday morning. Pearland ...

For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month, which brings awareness to neurodiversity, encourages support for autistic individuals, and highlights disparities in access to care, support, and resources.

Kentucky State Police canceled an IAN alert for a missing 9-year-old girl who has autism after she was found dead.

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are typically characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication, as well as restricted or repetitive behaviors and interests. Repetitive and restricted ...