Day-to-day life can be a challenging place for parents. With children and school and pets and work — then add in a child with exceptionalities — and it's easy to recognize that daily life involves a ...

Think of the brain as a city with traffic lights that keep signals flowing smoothly. In a new study, researchers followed a clue about nitric oxide, a common chemical messenger, and found that, in ...

I was diagnosed with autism at the start of sixth grade. Here's my story of how I got to journalism and now Vermont.

When people talk about autism, they often think about a child who is different and may be distressed by their surroundings. Or if the conversation moves beyond childhood, the focus might be about an ...