With improved screening and autism services, diagnosis is increasingly happening at younger ages. And there’s been more ...

Additionally, autism's diagnostic criteria were revised in the DSM-5, meaning people born before these revisions may have gone undiagnosed. Researchers argue there has been a gender gap in autism ...

Autism advocate and mum Tegan Cross fought for the changes after her application for a permit for her sons was rejected. Cognitive, behavioural and neurological conditions will soon be included in ...

Autistic pupils were abused and locked in padded isolation rooms in a north London school, CCTV has shown. Footage seen by the BBC shows children being pushed and thrown to the ground, pinned up ...

The abuse of autistic children that took place at the Whitefield School in Walthamstow, in east London, was "horrendous" and "must never happen again", the prime minister's spokesperson has said.

MANCHESTER, Jamaica— A police canine unit was unable to detect the scent of missing autistic teen Georgiana Bramwell during a search for her in Spice Grove, Manchester on Wednesday morning.

Amy added: “Tamzin was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, so she was unique and saw the world in such a different way. “Tamzin was my absolute everything and I can’t believe she isn ...

This may mean they do not receive an autism diagnosis until their teenage years. Stereotypes about typical male and female behaviors may cause some people to miss symptoms. People may think of ...

Autistic characters have been at the center of some significant stories told in the past few years. Shows like ‘Atypical‘ and ‘Touch’ have furthered the conversation about the representation of ...

When Lára Ní Riain began teaching almost 20 years ago, autism was still seen as a relatively rare condition. There were no special classes or special-needs assistants (SNAs) at her school.

MANCHESTER, Jamaica – A political aspirant and the relatives of a 15-year-old girl with autism are pleading for additional resources from the police to aid in the search for her after she went ...