A first-of-its-kind study looks at who’s behind the wheel and how they’re faring.

A new guide released this week offers a step-by-step look at college life for those with autism — offering tips on everything from classroom accommodations to dealing with roommates.

Young adults with disabilities are less likely to participate in traditional rights of passage in the years after high school than their typically developing peers, new research indicates.

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.

At age 2, Jacob Barnett’s parents wondered if he would ever speak, but today the 12-year-old with Asperger’s syndrome is mastering graduate level physics with ease.

Researchers plan to look at whether a simulator can help those with autism learn to drive or if the device could be used to assess who with the disorder is qualified to be behind the wheel.

Significantly fewer young adults with autism are accessing medical and social services once they leave high school, a first-of-its-kind survey finds.

A new tool kit released Thursday is designed to make the transition to adulthood easier for those with autism by offering an overview of options for housing, employment and other issues.

Some Indiana state workers suggested dropping adults with developmental disabilities at homeless shelters if they cannot be cared for at home, state legislators were told this week.

A group of autism advocates took to Capitol Hill Thursday morning pushing an ambitious new agenda to better serve adults on the spectrum.

For a growing number of adults with high functioning autism, securing a job is proving to be a steep hurdle, but it’s not for lack of qualifications.

Eric Duquette didn’t utter his first word until age 5, but this week the teen with autism graduated as the salutatorian of his high school class.

The unemployment rate ticked down slightly in May for people with disabilities, possibly due to a large number of temporary hires, the Labor Department said Friday.

Efforts to shutter hundreds of Los Angeles special education classrooms are emblematic of a growing trend, critics say, of cost cutting at the expense of students with disabilities.

A final set of national academic standards released Wednesday calls for students with disabilities to be “challenged to excel within the general curriculum.”