Autism

The boy was reported to have been evaluated by nurses and placed in a containment room before his mother arrived at the school.

Millions of TikTok users celebrated Micah's achievement.

Officers chased the boy, called Linden, and shot him after his mother called 911 to get him mental health treatment in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The 13-year-old boy's mother said she called police in Salt Lake City, Utah, to request a crisis intervention team because he was having a mental breakdown.

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The research involved over 641,000 people.

We communicate every day with Antonio via FaceTime and he tells me, "Mommy, how come you're not picking me up?" or says that he feels left behind.

Andrea Attree has seen her daughter in a mental health hospital three times since the lockdown came into force.

The influencer adopted 4-year-old Huxley, who has autism, over two years ago. She has four biological children with her husband James.

Over half a dozen children with autism played with a green, feathered artificially intelligent robot called Kiwi for the study.

Lourdes Ponce says her 16-year-old son had an epileptic seizure in a bathroom at an El Pollo Loco restaurant in Fresno, California.

Sade Subbs was reported missing after last being seen on January 9 at 10 p.m. in the area of Lake Jackson Circle in Apopka, Florida.

The policy was intended to combat cyberbullying. "This was never designed to be a long-term solution, and while the intention was good, it became clear that the approach was wrong," TikTok said.

An autism expert told Newsweek "even if you have lived all of your life without the diagnosis, finding out that you have autism can be a very positive experience."

A recent study from John Hopkins University found a correlation between mothers who took Tylenol while pregnant and babies with developmental disorders, but researchers have yet to prove whether the drug was the cause of the neurological differences.

Scientists studied the brains of over 3,500 people for the study.

Carrying a blue bucket on Halloween has become a way to ask others to be sensitive to those who might find trick-or-treating a challenge.

Chyanne Thomas, an employee of the U.S. Postal Service in Vista, California, became a hero twice over when she helped return a pair of missing children to their homes in the space of two weeks.

The Autism CARES Act of 2019 will see funding go towards people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families—a package that will be spread out over a five-year period.

The team used "optogenetic manipulation" to help teach a zebra finch a song.

People of color and children from low-income backgrounds were more likely to miss screenings, the authors found.

When the mother of a special needs student in Washington asked for a quiet environment for her son, they responded by moving his desk to a bathroom.

"It smelled and just the thought of my son working his school day away in a bathroom was disturbing to me," the child's mother said.

"The damage you have done to my son and the years of progress that has been setback are irreparable. A lawsuit isn't enough," the boy's father wrote on social media.

The Philadelphia Eagles, Seattle Seahawks and Minnesota Vikings are among the teams unveiling rooms for fans with autism, Down syndrome, PTSD or other conditions who need to get away from the roar of the game.

Scientists treated men with testosterone and assessed their ability to empathize.

The brains could be used to develop treatments for conditions including epilepsy.

Parents said being able to predict outbursts would be "priceless," the scientist behind the tech said.

The new PSAs were made with the group Autism Speaks, which has been criticized in the past for what many see as stigmatizing autism.

"Everything about the app was designed to be user-friendly to all individuals on the spectrum," says Jamil Karriem, founder of Hiki.