Even as teens with autism use television, computers and other screen-based media more than their peers, new research suggests that they’re shunning some of the Web’s most popular offerings.

Teaching kids with autism to talk things through in their heads could dramatically improve their ability to deal with everyday problems, new research indicates.

A little money spent on temporary relief for caregivers goes a long way toward keeping kids and young adults with autism out of psychiatric hospitals, a new study suggests.

Rather than focus on autism as a series of deficits that need to be treated, one researcher argues that people with the disorder have advantages over those who are typically developing.

Many children with autism are prone to wandering, but one Connecticut couple may pay a price after their 4-year-old with the developmental disorder was found roaming their neighborhood.

Last year a St. Louis teenager with Asperger’s syndrome reached out to a local occupational therapist with one request — help me learn to make friends, he asked. And that, she did.

After nearly three years of negotiation, an Oregon boy with autism is bringing his service dog to school starting this week and the animal’s presence appears to be making a difference.

About half of children with autism have a tendency to wander, with the behavior most apparent around age 4, according to preliminary results from the first large-scale survey on the issue.

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

Advocates are divided over a CDC proposal to add wandering to the menu of descriptors doctors can use to diagnose individuals with autism, intellectual disability and other conditions.

After almost three years, an Oregon school district has agreed to allow a 10-year-old with autism to bring his service dog to class following a meeting with Justice Department officials.

Individuals with autism are more likely than others to assign blame based on a situation’s negative outcome — whether or not malice was intended — a new study suggests.

With the new year comes greater options for those living with autism as more than half a dozen states begin requiring health insurers to cover the disorder.

Medicaid cuts are forcing some adults with autism to make a tough call: choose between therapy to address their behavioral needs or life skills training.

An Oregon family is at a loss after waiting more than a year for the Justice Department to look into why their son’s autism service dog can’t accompany him to school.