As schools across the country welcome students back to campus, these changes may be a struggle for those students with autism and create a significant safety risk: wandering. Wandering, also known as ...

Last year, Health Secretary Kennedy thrust autism into the national spotlight, calling it an epidemic and vowing to ...

This week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Silvia Pereira-Smith about keeping children with autism safe from wandering.

Talk about a high-ly anticipated breakthrough. A new study from the University of São Paulo suggests that cannabidiol (CBD) cannabis extract could help improve behavior and ease common symptoms in ...

The changes trickle down through new restrictions on qualifications for Medicaid.

Many autistic adults experience mental health difficulties. Research shows that autistic people are more likely than neurotypical people to experience emotion dysregulation, having trouble feeling and ...

For decades, autism has been framed as a condition that overwhelmingly affects boys, with girls treated as statistical outliers and, too often, diagnostic afterthoughts. A massive population study now ...

ATLANTA — The Marcus Autism Center announced it will conduct the largest study of behavior, brain and genomic biomarkers in children across the autism spectrum following a $21.9 million grant from the ...

While some people feel moments of loneliness or social anxiety from time to time, investigative reporter Christina Buttons ...

The Trump administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill has tightened Medicaid eligibility, making it harder for providers to deliver autism support to low-income families. Providers say the stricter ...