Earlier diagnosis, a wider definition of the disorder and migration patterns alone cannot account for the dramatic rise in autism diagnoses in California, according to a new study published in the journal Epidemiology.

A New Jersey assemblyman is proposing closing five of the state’s seven institutions. The funding now going toward those facilities — at a rate of $227,000 per resident — would then be used to support those individuals in community-based care.

News of a 22-year-old with cerebral palsy who was left on a bus overnight made headlines earlier this month. But the incident is far from isolated. As many as 75 students are stranded on school buses every year in this country.

A lawsuit filed Monday in Seattle alleges that a student with autism was repeatedly bullied at school for more than a year while the school did nothing to allay the problem.

In an opinion piece for the BBC, leading autism expert Simon Baron-Cohen questions the consequences of prenatal testing for autism, which could be available in the future.

Speculation abounds that actor John Travolta’s 16-year-old son, Jett, had autism. This, even though Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, staunchly deny that was the case.

Must-read advice for anyone headed to an IEP meeting tackling everything from preparing for and participating in an IEP meeting to what rights students with disabilities have under the law. Plus, submit your own questions about special education law.

If you’re lucky enough to get a ticket to the presidential inauguration, you still may have a lot of hurdles to climb — literally.

Guinness World Records bestows the title of oldest man with Down syndrome to an 80-year-old.

All siblings tend to have love-hate relationships with each other. But, when one party has a disability the competing feelings can go to the extreme.

A 22-year-old with cerebral palsy spent 19 hours stranded overnight on a bus that was supposed to bring him home from a day program for adults with special needs.

People are relying on everything from horses to monkeys to goats to help them out. But not everyone is pleased with farm animals perusing staples of the human world.

The number of South Carolina students with autism doubled over the past five years, overwhelming school districts there.

The cost of sending students with disabilities to private schools paid for by public education dollars soared to $89 million in New York City alone in the last school year, up $31 million from the year prior.