Three staff members at Exley Elementary School in Katy, TX, are under investigation for allegedly using abusive aversives on their autistic students ( Read more... )

An Asperger's-type autistic man was killed by his mother in a murder-suicide in Kennewick on September 16 ( Read more... )

Autistic people in Ethiopia face serious problems with societal discrimination and lack of resources, support, and knowledge of autism, says the founder of one of the first centers for autistic students there ( Read more... )

A federal judge has ruled that a school district refuse to properly accomodate or serve a special education student ( Read more... )

An autistic man has won a 25,000-pound settlement in an employment discrimination case ( Read more... )

Investigation continues into the fatal police shooting of an autistic man in North Miami Beach ( Read more... )

A 17-year-old boy has been sentenced to 12 years in jail for sexually assaulting an intellectually disabled autistic girl last year ( Read more... )

A school in County Cork has had to turn away nine autistic and LD students because last-minute government funding cuts eliminated their teachers' jobs ( Read more... )

Ivanna Raices started swimming at the Lindsay Park, Brooklyn, co-op pool when she was 1. Now, at age 12, swimming there is one of her favorite pastimes. Because she is autistic and blind, a family member always goes with her ( Read more... )

Investigation continues into the work of Dr. Mark Geier, who gave autistic children unproven and potentially dangerous "treatments" with the drug Lupron ( Read more... )