Admittedly, the spectrum is wide, and those with extreme forms of autism and their caregivers often contend with incredibly ...

A bill recently introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives would establish a new program to help motorists on the ...

How dietitians can use flexible, neurodiversity-affirming meal planning to support autistic and ADHD clients without rigid ...

Adding robots to therapy can help autistic children develop foundational social skills like taking turns, making eye contact, ...

In Singapore, there is a nonprofit restaurant called Soul Food. What impressed me most was not a fancy menu but the people who run it. They are young workers on the autism spectrum, or ASD, and their ...

A mother with a son on the spectrum has turned their story into action as she launched "Autism Rising" a few years ago but ...

Barely six months after releasing its Barbie with Type 1 diabetes, Mattel introduced its first Barbie with autism. The doll was made in partnership with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and is ...

The new doll carries a pink fidget spinner that actually spins, wears pink noise-cancelling headphones to reduce sensory overload and holds a pink tablet that represents her augmentative and ...

Barbie's first autistic doll has been developed with sensory-sensitive features in mind. See how.