Scientists routinely have trouble finding people with autism to participate in studies. But a database at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore is changing that.

An 18-year-old with an IQ of 47 who plead guilty to sexually molesting a 6-year-old boy should spend the next 100 years in jail, a Texas judge said Tuesday.

People with Down syndrome have more than a 75 percent chance of getting Alzheimer’s disease. And that means a ballooning population of people experiencing both are on the way.

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The former Texas institution staffers accused of encouraging “fight club” style brawls among residents had little job experience outside of fast food restaurants before being hired to the facility for people with disabilities.

People with disabilities in the United Kingdom are being forced into marriages as a means for families to ensure caregivers for them and, in some cases, for potential spouses to gain legal entry into the country.

Parents have long reported that the signs of autism subside when children with the disorder run a fever. Now scientists are attempting to make use of this phenomenon in their quest to treat autism.

The death of a close family member during pregnancy does not increase the risk of giving birth to a child with autism.

One in four graduates of special education programs in Oregon were without jobs or further education for the year following their graduation.

Contrary to what’s happening with the rest of the population, the unemployment rate for people with disabilities dropped in March.

A girl who inherited fragile X from sperm her mother purchased from a sperm bank can sue the sperm bank under product liability laws.

People with autism are known for unknowingly dominating conversations. But what if they could visualize conversations in real time in the hope of learning to balance the dialogue?