Scientists at The Hospital for Sick Children in Canada have discovered a gene that may be responsible for defining behaviors ...

A behavioral center in North Texas is being sued for more than $1 million after being accused of hiding and falsifying details about the physical attack of a little boy diagnosed with nonverbal autism ...

Research suggests that autistic people have a higher risk for self-harm. Negative and unsupportive environments and challenges with emotional expression and communication may contribute to this ...

Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...

AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / May 6, 2026 / Action Behavior Centers, a leading provider of evidence-based applied behavior ...

PHILADELPHIA, PA / ACCESS Newswire / May 13, 2026 / Action Behavior Centers (ABC), a leading provider of evidence-based ...

BRYANT, Ark. (KATV) — A Conway teen is awaiting his court date after being arrested for stealing two school buses and crashing one of them, but the mother has told KATV that her son is autistic and ...

“Does he have autism?” Robert’s mother asked anxiously. I’m a behavioral/developmental pediatrician working in a front-line private practice for the last 45 years in a Bay Area suburb. The family had ...

When a parent brings a child in for a developmental evaluation, the goal is not simply to answer “autism or not.” The ...

Intensive behavioral intervention can be effective at eliminating pica, which is the repeated ingestion of inedible substances, researchers from Marcus Autism Center report. The findings are published ...

The Mississippi Department of Mental Health confirms that a person with a neurodivergent diagnosis, which includes people with autism and ADHD for example, are more affected by suicidal thoughts due ...