PEORIA--A vital program for kids with autism could be the next victim of Governor Quinn's budget ax.

HUNTSVILLE, TX-- - The research of Sam Houston State University music therapy graduate program coordinator Hayoung Lim has been considered potentially groundbreaking for the skyrocketing number of children ...

BRIMBANK has the highest number of students with autism in the west but few local support services.

AUTISM: Autism is one of a group of serious developmental problems called autism spectrum disorders (ASD) that appear in early childhood — usually before age 3. Though symptoms and severity vary, all autism disorders affect a child's ability to communicate and interact with others. Autism is a physical condition linked to abnormal biology and chemistry in the brain. The exact causes of these ...

A proposal to use new diagnostic criteria for autism has roiled the US medical community, with many experts concerned that the move could exclude children affected by some forms of the disorder.

When is a person just a little different, and when is his peculiarity a symptom of a disabling disorder?

Computer hacking and autism are increasingly mentioned in the same breath thanks to several high profile court cases but Channel 4 News asks if autism can really be used as a defence to online crime?

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the  NAET Autism Treatment Center in Buena Park, CA, hypothesized that major contributors to the development and symptoms of autism include food ...

People have been arguing about autism for a long time--about what causes it , how to treat it and whether it qualifies as a mental disorder. The controversial idea that childhood vaccines trigger autism also persists, despite the fact that study after study has failed to find any evidence of such a link. Now, psychiatrists and members of the autistic community are embroiled in a more legitimate ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Teaching children with autism to "talk things through" in their heads may help them solve tricky day-to-day tasks and could increase the chances of them living independent lives when they grow up, British scientists said on Wednesday. Psychologists who studied adults with autism found that the mechanism for using "inner speech," or talking things through in your head is intact ...