Few diagnoses have broadened their diagnostic boundaries as much or as quickly as autism. This has affected those with the ...

1 in 68. What does that number mean to you? While you consider that I’ll share some of what it means to me. It says we are a big part of the population – bigger than anyone previously suspected. The ...

Fei, a mother of three, has two children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Her son Ben, 8, who also has weak core muscles attributed to autism, had received physical therapy (PT) since he ...

Late at night, when I’m alone, I sometimes ponder what it means to be autistic. Do I experience sounds and smells differently from an allistic (non autistic) person? Scientific studies suggest I do.

The number of people diagnosed with autism will likely decrease if a new definition of the disorder is adopted by mental health experts later this year. Doctors aren't sure what the implications of ...

The proposed change to the newest edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM5, would do away with the diagnoses of Asperger’s ...

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NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) ––– We are more than halfway through April, also known as Autism Awareness Month, but many in the community are looking to change the name and the narrative. “People are aware that ...

DALLAS Kevin Smith is considered a savant when it comes to sports statistics. He can recite the birth dates and places, draft information, and career highlights of many professional athletes ...

President-elect Donald Trump seemed to entertain the discredited theory that vaccines cause autism as he answered questions from journalists at a press conference Monday at his Mar-a-Lago club. Trump ...