The federal government filed suit Wednesday against a Texas company alleging that employees with intellectual disabilities were discriminated against and severely abused for over 20 years.

Whether children are born to wealthy or poor families traditionally impacted their odds of being diagnosed with autism, but new research indicates the gap is beginning to narrow.

Despite the intense push for insurers to cover applied behavior analysis, or ABA therapy, some say evidence is insufficient to support the costly approach.

Tips for getting a job and keeping it are at the heart of a new government-funded website designed to help individuals with developmental disabilities become gainfully employed.

Special educators say budget cuts are forcing larger class sizes, layoffs and other changes that compromise students with disabilities, according to a first-ever national survey.

Service providers in Florida are reeling after the state’s governor imposed an immediate 15 percent funding cut, a move that could impact everything from group homes to social workers.

While medication is often used to treat children with autism, “strikingly little evidence” exists to support the approach, researchers said Monday.

Unemployment dipped to a two-year low in March, but people with disabilities don’t appear to be sharing in the gains of the economy as a whole.

As Autism Awareness Month kicks off, hundreds of buildings will go blue and a film on autism will screen nationally, but not everyone is pleased with so much attention going to “awareness.”

Most families are not happy with the autism services available in their community, but in a national survey released Friday, residents of some cities appear to be faring better than others.