"High-functioning autism" (HFA) is a term used to describe people with a certain level of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). They have milder symptoms and fewer challenges than those with more severe ...
By Robin Respaut April 28 (Reuters) - A U.S. advisory committee appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
GATES, N.Y. – Saturday morning, the Gates Public Library hosted Campaign D, a nonprofit founded by people on the autism spectrum. The event featured a panel of autistic people who each picked five ...
As director of services at Y’s Owl Maclure Co-operative Centre, Ford’s role is to work with people with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s Syndrome. She said her agency is invited in to government ...
An Eastern Shore mother and her 9-year-old son marked Autism Awareness Month by completing a journey years in the making: ...
New autism testing service addresses the needs of young adults who may have gone years without answers while coping, ...
The first days of school bustle with smiles, enthusiasm, and in some cases, dread. For autistic children in particular, school can be less than welcoming. Autistic children are more likely to be ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Lauren Shouse wonders why her third child, Luke, is autistic. Was it his difficult birth? Was it something inherited that made her 6-year-old so stubborn and unwilling to speak?