• Giving adults with autism the skills to build independent lives

    Giving adults with autism the skills to build independent lives

    Aug 09, 2016 11:23 PM EST

    about the man on the lower right. He was once that singing boy, and, in fact, he doesn't live with the other men. He can't, because his autism affects him differently from the others. But there is a place being built in Phoenix that will also have room ...

  • Texas denies medicaid coverage for an autism therapy despite federal directive

    Texas denies medicaid coverage for an autism therapy despite federal directive

    Jul 07, 2016 07:51 PM EST

    Like many parents of children with autism, Braulio De La Cruz sought an expensive therapy called applied behavioral analysis — or ABA — when his son Noah Leonardo was diagnosed last year. Noah, now 3 years old, qualifies for Medicaid coverage because he had been approved for Social Security’s Supplemental Security ...

  • Students with disabilities on the rise, driven by autism

    Students with disabilities on the rise, driven by autism

    Apr 27, 2016 05:16 PM EST

    The number of students covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act has gone up, driven by rapid growth in such disability categories as autism.

  • Should all young children be screened for autism? Task force is inconclusive

    Should all young children be screened for autism? Task force is inconclusive

    Feb 16, 2016 10:14 PM EST

    ... child’s health, he said. But others dispute this point. “The scientific community has been unequivocal of their support for universal screening for toddlers for autism, regardless of risk status,” said Alycia Halladay, chief science officer at the Autism Science Foundation, a New York-based nonprofit that promotes autism research ...

  • New mutant monkeys model the inheritance of autism

    New mutant monkeys model the inheritance of autism

    Jan 25, 2016 04:00 PM EST

    ... The team’s results only apply to one variety of autism, but such mutant monkeys could fill a major gap in the quest to understand autism spectrum disorders. Moreover, these GMO primates could serve as an unprecedented arena for testing new therapeutics. One current barrier to cracking autism is a ...

  • Telling the story of parents and activists who fought for autism acceptance

    Telling the story of parents and activists who fought for autism acceptance

    Jan 21, 2016 12:46 AM EST

    ppened is a community formed around him. JOHN DONVAN: Both the problem was there and the solution was there. JEFFREY BROWN: All right. That's one of the many stories told in the book. And the book is "In a Different Key: The Story of Autism." Caren Zucker, John Donvan ...

  • Was this autism pioneer also a Nazi?

    Was this autism pioneer also a Nazi?

    Jan 20, 2016 09:13 PM EST

    Viennese psychologist Hans Asperger is considered by many to be one of the first to diagnose and define autism as we know it today. Asperger ran a clinic for autistic children in Vienna in the 1930’s until Hitler’s invasion of Austria. The clinic was lauded for its creative ...

  • Author explores life on the expanding autism spectrum

    Author explores life on the expanding autism spectrum

    Jan 20, 2016 12:46 AM EST

    ... Meanwhile, the entire world was having a conversation about autism, but it was a completely different conversation. It was about whether or not vaccines caused autism. And that dominated virtually every mention of autism in the media. Certainly, if there was an article about autism that didn't mention vaccines ...

  • Clinton announces new autism initiative

    Clinton announces new autism initiative

    Jan 05, 2016 05:02 PM EST

    ... the disorder. Clinton also plans to extend new resources and establish public-private partnerships that will ensure a post-graduation transition plan for students with autism. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that between 1 in 68 children has autism, but other federal calculations have found it could ...

  • 'Sesame Street' debuts Julia, its first character with autism

    'Sesame Street' debuts Julia, its first character with autism

    Oct 22, 2015 04:40 PM EST

    Joining Abby Cadabby and Elmo on "Sesame Street" is Julia, a green-eyed, orange-haired character with autism. The Sesame Workshop debuted its new character Wednesday as part of an initiative designed to reduce the stigma surrounding autism. "The initiative, Sesame Street and Autism: See Amazing in all Children," provides ...