Intensive behavior therapy in toddlers with autism can yield significant progress and even result in an improved diagnosis, first-of-its-kind research indicates.

In the broadest analysis to date, the CDC finds a growing number of kids have Down syndrome.

For three decades Gregg Mozgala struggled to walk with cerebral palsy forcing his body up on its toes and wavering from side to side. But at 31, that’s all changing.

When a 13-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome faced an after-school scolding at home, he headed for the New York City subway instead.

Children with autism experienced fewer behaviors and needed less medication when their parents used behavior therapy in addition to medication, new research shows.

Hate crimes committed against persons based on disability remained steady in 2008 even as the total number of hate crimes rose, according to FBI data released Monday.

A boy with autism once described as “hostile” and “dangerous” is now healthy and calm thanks to medicinal marijuana, his mom says.

Finding child care is becoming particularly frustrating for one mom who says numerous day care centers have turned away her 2-year-old because he has cerebral palsy.

The drug Abilify has received federal approval for treatment of irritability and aggression in children with autism, the drug’s makers say.

Athletes with intellectual disabilities will be allowed to participate in the 2012 Paralympic Games in London following a vote of the International Paralympic Committee.

Up to 75 percent of children with autism may try alternative treatments, but the efficacy and safety of those treatments is uncertain, according to a newspaper investigation.

An international committee will decide this weekend whether to allow athletes with intellectual disabilities to compete in the 2012 Paralympics.

Treatment for the cognitive decline experienced by individuals with Down syndrome could be on the way, scientists reported this week.

As science comes closer to a cure for Down syndrome, most parents of children with the disorder say they aren’t sure they would take advantage of one, a survey finds.

Cassandra Leuthold is one of the best college bowlers in the country and she says having Asperger’s syndrome is one of the reasons why.