Variations of the term “Asperger’s syndrome” topped Google searches Wednesday, following the second episode of NBC’s “Parenthood” which features a character with the disorder.

The Justice Department is asking a federal court to prevent children from being admitted to an Arkansas institution, alleging mistreatment and unnecessary segregation at the facility.

After years of criticism for not including self-advocates in its leadership, Autism Speaks says it is appointing an individual with autism to one of its committees for the first time.

A 26-year-old lawsuit over special education services in Baltimore public schools is drawing to a close after an agreement was reached this week.

A decision by an Australian court to permit the sterilization of an 11-year-old girl with severe disabilities is drawing heated debate.

The federal government is redoubling its efforts to crack down on civil rights violations against students with disabilities and other minority groups.

The high court said Monday it will weigh in on whether or not parents can sue drug makers over side effects from vaccines.

Assistants help students with disabilities fit into mainstream classrooms everyday. Now they’re increasingly pitching in on the ball field as well.

More people with disabilities were employed in February, data released Friday indicates.

A Chicago father is suing two doctors after he says his son was prescribed “dangerous and unnecessary” alternative autism treatments over the phone.

Senators said no Wednesday to a second round of $250 stimulus payments for people with disabilities, seniors and veterans.

A bill imposing first-ever federal oversight on the use of restraint and seclusion in schools cleared the House Wednesday, paving the way for Senate consideration.

A California jury let the makers of Botox off the hook Tuesday in the death of a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, finding that the drug carried sufficient warning labels.

As the House prepares to vote Wednesday on restraint and seclusion, private schools are working to block the bill in a move that’s catching disability advocates by surprise.

A judge is ordering New York state to move thousands of residents out of institutional settings and into small, supported living environments much faster than the state proposed.