Autistic children with mild to moderate developmental delay will no longer be eligible for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) from mid-2027. Instead, they will be directed to a new ...

Millions of Australian parents are now scrambling to find out how the move to scale back young people with autism on the NDIS could impact their children. Federal Health Minister Mark Butler ...

April is Autism Acceptance Month. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) affects one in 36 children. That is nearly the equivalent of one child per classroom. This number has risen in recent years with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years.

The surge in autism diagnoses is often treated as a medical mystery. But it may be better understood as a policy story—one ...

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While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.” By Azeen Ghorayshi The percentage ...

It’s common knowledge that diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have increased, now affecting one in 31 children and one in 45 adults. Yet, what’s talked about less frequently is the impact ...

As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years. Everyone from fellow parents and family members to my son’s karate ...