Martha Ongwane looks adoringly at her bouncy, giggling four-year-old, unable to believe that just two years ago she had wanted to kill her. Non-verbal, biting and unable to sit still, her daughter ...

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AUTISM IS A spectrum disorder, meaning people with it have a wide range of traits, strengths and support needs. That diversity is on display at the Cortica therapy centre in Burlington, Massachusetts, ...

MIRAMAR, Fla. — Hurricane season is right around the corner, and one South Florida city is already helping residents prepare -- especially families with autistic children. When there’s a hurricane ...

Last year, Health Secretary Kennedy thrust autism into the national spotlight, calling it an epidemic and vowing to investigate what he characterized as its environmental causes. It struck a nerve in ...

In the academic year so far, the proportion of children who are “persistently absent” from schools in England – missing at least 10% of school sessions – stands at 19.5%. This is up from last year – ...