With a new report, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tacitly embracing a recently coined autism classification and providing a first-of-its-kind breakdown on the number of kids on the ...

A key autism panel that was dramatically reshaped by RFK Jr. is recommending that the federal government embrace the term ...

Thinking about autism has evolved. Just three decades ago, autism was a relatively rare and clearly defined condition, ...

At 8 years old, Rico Garcia is strong enough to grab his mother by the hair and pin her to the ground. Nevada has about 5,200 children who are profoundly autistic but no residential facilities for ...

So imagine my surprise when Tennessee’s very conservative legislature passed a bill last week telling parents of children with profound disabilities that they know better than me and others like me ...

Child support past 18 is usually seen in cases where the child has special needs or is disabled. Apart from cases where obvious or profound disabilities can be seen to exist, the issue of a child's ...

July is Disability Awareness Month and I thought it appropriate to discuss a pivotal piece of legislation that impacted all people with disabilities, and our society at large. The Americans with ...

Reinders uses a Trinitarian lens to push readers to consider whether friendship—a voluntary and mutually self-giving relationship—is possible with individuals with profound disabilities. The Bible, ...