A heartfelt account of raising children with autism, highlighting the challenges, triumphs, and the importance of ...
As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years. Everyone from fellow parents and family members to my son’s karate ...
Autism has always been here. It did not suddenly appear with vaccines, Tylenol or the rise of the internet. What has changed ...
Parents and those trying to conceive are posting TikToks highlighting their own quirks or their partner’s as a tongue-in-cheek way of showing how autism can run in families. (Photo illustration: Yahoo ...

Autism is not your enemy

It isn’t the misinformation that troubles autistic people the most. It’s the subtext that the world would be better off ...
For more than 25 years, I have worked with children who have autism and their families in New Mexico. Over those years, one thing has become clear: Arguing about whether ...
Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Jodie ...
Recent comments about autism by the Republican president and others in his administration are rippling through the United States, stirring up a wide range of views and feelings among autistic people ...
It insinuates that parents are making up an excuse for their child’s needs or behaviors ... “which I believe is a dangerous and inhumane way to view autism.” ...