The grants from the National Institutes of Health represent the largest single amount of money allotted to research autism.

More needs to be done to provide health care for people with disabilities, who tend to be in worse health than their peers and are less likely to take advantage of preventive services.

A group of Louisiana special education administrators is asking the state to remove gifted and talented programs from special education.

Women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome are happiest when they were prepared for the news and provided as much information as possible, new research finds.

An arbitrator deemed that Cleveland schools are violating a union rule requiring inclusion classrooms to have both a general education and special education teacher full-time.

Suzanne Ling swears that an audio device she played for her son in the womb prevented autism and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, but experts aren’t so sure.

Two recent additions to the health care bill emerging from a key Senate committee are good news for people with disabilities, advocates say.

Advocacy groups are calling on Autism Speaks’ benefactors to end their support for the organization in response to a video critics say depicts people with autism as less than human.

Technology originally developed to aid people with disabilities is now going mainstream to offer the general population more convenience.

Pennsylvania is among five states without laws allowing local government to investigate abuse among adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Actor John Travolta revealed for the first time Wednesday that his son Jett had autism.

Much attention is focused on a perceived increase in autism rates among children, but a British government study indicates that autism appears in similar rates in adults and children.

Katherine Heigl’s decision to adopt a baby with special needs puts her among a growing group of parents willing to take in a child with medical issues.

There are 11 established and 22 emerging treatments for autism spectrum disorders, according to an evidence-based report released Tuesday on current available treatments.

A Florida lawmaker is calling on the University of Florida to discontinue broadcasting a nationally syndicated radio show which he says pokes fun at people with disabilities.