TRICARE, the military’s healthcare program, limits coverage of applied behavior analysis, a type of therapy for people with ...

Billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates believes he would have been diagnosed as autistic if he were a child today. Gates made the revelation in an interview to promote his forthcoming book, ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

The day before our visit, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. held a news conference on ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is a ...

Researchers at Kanazawa University have identified a previously unrecognized mechanism by which structural changes in the ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by differences in how people interact or communicate with others, as well as restricted interests and repetitive patterns ...

Gender nonconformity in 7-year-olds -- as measured by levels of gender-conforming play -- may be associated with autistic traits and behavioral difficulties in girls, and with peer relationship ...

For thirty years the search for autism medicines has hit the same wall, and a new peer-reviewed Perspective in Genomic ...