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

Some kids with autism lose the label as they age. Now a new study is helping to explain why the diagnosis sticks around for some and not others.

More psychiatric hospitals are working to meet the needs of kids with autism and other developmental disabilities, a new study finds, but despite significant growth, services remain limited.

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.

While previous research has suggested that antidepressants like Prozac could help children with autism, a new study finds the drugs may be even more beneficial for adults with the disorder.

Kids with autism fare significantly better socially when their typically developing classmates are taught how to interact with them, new research suggests.

Whether a child is diagnosed with autism as opposed to Asperger’s syndrome or PDD-NOS may depend more on who their doctor is than anything else.

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.

An Illinois doctor who advocates alternative autism treatments including chelation and hyperbaric oxygen therapy is facing a state investigation for using the unproven methods.

President Barack Obama signed a three-year extension of the Combating Autism Act Friday, the very day the law — and many of the programs it established — was set to expire.

A new guide out this week aims to help parents as they contemplate medicating their kids to address challenging behaviors often associated with autism.

State requirements directing insurers to cover autism therapy could be in jeopardy as federal officials set new national standards for health coverage.

With little fanfare, a U.S. Senate committee quickly passed a reauthorization of the country’s main autism legislation Wednesday morning.

Results from a new study suggest that scientists are one step closer to diagnosing and prescribing treatment for autism using a simple brain scan.

Nearly half of teens with autism who rely on mental health services receive them at school, leaving them vulnerable when it’s time to transition to adulthood, according to a new study.