Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. D’aire, the 6-year-old son of rapper 42 Dugg, co-wrote "My Kind of Normal," a children’s book based on his experience with autism.

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For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

We are interested in describing the specific ways that caregivers ‘design’ their talk so that their autistic children are included as participants in the interaction, without having to rely on spoken ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Six-year-old Mason is drawn to the water. However, his father, Brandon Shaw, knows that Mason’s attraction to water can depend on the day, “With Mason, we can never take our eyes off ...

A 4-ton potato on wheels rolled into Colorado Springs, and for one local family, the stop turned into a meaningful ...

Play takes all sorts of forms, changing from family to family. But one thing stays the same: its importance in your little one’s development. Autistic children often have a specific way of playing and ...

Every year, thousands of children miss critical windows for early autism intervention—simply because diagnostic tools rely too much on subjective observation. Once that window closes, the ...

In a busy Washington, D.C. classroom, a student rocks gently in his chair, hands over his ears. Sign up for our Daily eBlast to get coverage on Black communities from the media company who has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who are close to someone with autism have been beside themselves the last few days. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., our country’s ...

AuDHD, the co-occurrence of autism and ADHD, is far more common than most people realize. Here's what it means, what it feels like, and why the word matters so much to so many.