Project Hope receives funding for services through Medicaid, insurance, and private pay. But a “huge gap” remains that must ...

Here's why the condition affects each person diagnosed with it so differently — plus how anyone with autism can thrive.

Mainers gathered for Downeast Horizons' Autism Awareness Walk-a-thon, raising nearly $5,000 to support families and challenge ...

"Autistic people have the same hopes, dreams and yes, the same awkward dating moments as anyone else," Dani Bowman told ...

"Society has made such great progress in the last 20 to 30 years. We certainly do not wish to lose that progress." ...

Someone with mild autism has autistic traits but higher independence. This is associated with level 1 autism. Learn about ...

NIH already keeps a list of registries for various diagnoses, but the "autism registry" report comes amid Kennedy's false ...

Rosie O’Donnell, a longtime critic of President Trump, sharply criticized Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...

SWAMPSCOTT — The Police Department has announced that it will be proudly participating in the Blue Envelope Program, an initiative based around making interactions between law enforcement and ...

New research has uncovered a genetic connection between autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), a rare neuromuscular disease.

focusing on multiple benchmarks of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Among 8-year-old children, researchers found that one in 31 children — more than 3% of America's kids — had ASD. ASD was ...