The Big 89, WLS-AM has teamed up with Easter Seals in their fight against autism with a 13-hour Radiothon to raise money and awareness. WLS-AM award-winning host Pat Cassidy, will broadcast live from ...

"(T)he drug industry is gearing up for an assault on autism." Thus declared an article in last week's Business Week, a fascinating and well-reported look into the pharmaceutical industry's efforts - ...

April marks World Autism Acceptance Month (changed this past year from Autism Awareness Month). It is dedicated to promoting acceptance, understanding, and support for individuals with autism and ...

Back in the 1950s, a psychologist proposed that ‘refrigerator mothers’ (moms who are cold or neglectful) cause their child’s autism. That theory was later discredited, yet the impulse to assign blame ...

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It was years ago that one Kansas City father was struggling to find the right resources for his son who had been diagnosed with Autism. When Ron Johnson learned he was having a son, he couldn't wait ...

The 9-year-old boy with autism who was critically injured when he fell down the stairs at a CTA Green Line station during a fight on the steps has been declared brain dead. Family identified him as ...

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. ' For Ernie Els, last year’s Honda Classic was filled with significance. It wasn’t a major. Didn’t come after some epic duel with Tiger Woods. Lacked that dramatic moment on ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Cannon Jeter cherishes the good days with their son Kaleb, but those moments are getting harder to come by. "I wonder what he's thinking. What he's going through," Jeter said.

Families in rural Nebraska fear the end of the COVID-19 health emergency will result in the loss of telehealth services for kids with autism. AGENCY URGES THE STATE TO STEP IN SO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM ...

KENTWOOD, Mich. — On the heels of Autism Awareness Month in April, advocates gathered at Celebration Cinema in Kentwood on May 7 for the screening of a film about nonverbal autism called "Spellers".