This isn’t the first time Lindsay Hameroff considered writing a character with autism. Hameroff has two children on the ...

I got my autism diagnosis at 38. It gave my difference a name, but not the support or the answers, I expected to follow.

TRAVERSE CITY — Meet Brian Mitchell. If he looks familiar, you’ve probably seen his smiling face at Tom’s West Bay Deli in Traverse City. He’s been working there for almost six years now, and his ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC)--April is Autism Acceptance Month. Lynn Uzelac is a dedicated wife and mother of three children, registered nurse, and an author of the book Alex and Princess Mommy, a ...

For Seri Amalia Khairil, mother to a 13-year-old son with autism, family outings require careful planning and can be ...

In a park tucked away in Manhattan Beach, my son was having a blast - running like a charged neuron, taking a frisbee that belonged to an unsuspecting mother sitting on a park bench nearby and waving ...

John Frizzell always had a feeling he was different. The Hollywood film score composer could rattle off facts about chess puzzles, Immanuel Kant’s synthetic a priori knowledge and other esoteric ...

The internet personality’s sister, Des, shared the news in a series of heartbreaking tributes on May 31 ...

Words of wisdom from those who have lived, researched and written about autism When my son was diagnosed with autism at age 4, I had mixed emotions. I was relieved to finally have an explanation for ...

Recent news stories reveal that hearing loss is a risk factor for dementia. As an autistic person, I have long been aware that differences in our sensory systems can be terribly disabling. Hearing is ...

An Emmy-winning producer is marking World Autism Month with a deeply personal story. Jenifer Westphal, Emmy-winning producer and founder, CEO and executive producer at Wavelength Productions, is ...

In a recent study published in Nutrients, researchers investigated the association between maternal daily consumption of diet sodas or aspartame during pregnancy and the risk of autism in offspring.