Imagine having a conversation where every gesture and glance feels like a test. You're juggling eye contact, facial expressions, and tone of voice, all while trying to keep up with the words. You ...

A DeKalb County family is frustrated after DeKalb school officials told them their 7-year-old with autism was sexually ...

A 15-year-old Indiana boy is being charged as an adult, and is accused of raping an autistic student on a school bus, officials say. Getty Images/iStockphoto A teenage boy accused of raping a ...

Horrifying classroom video captured two Texas teachers abusing a 5-year-old student with autism, breaking the boy’s foot as ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — The Bexar County Sheriff's Office says they are searching for one of the four suspects accused of abusing a 29-year-old non-verbal autistic man at a group home. On May 22, a ...

Oliver Wendt, a Purdue University assistant professor of speech, language and hearing sciences, demonstrates how the SPEAK all! app allows the user to select images to create a sentence. A version of ...

They found it takes autistic adults more time and mental effort to process body language and other nonverbal signals. A smile or shift in tone doesn't always register right away or may have ...

A teenage boy accused of raping a 7-year-old non-verbal, autistic student will be tried as an adult, an Indiana judge declared, news outlets report. The 15-year-old North Vernon boy, Landon Doty, "is ...