I have a disability; it is called autism. Disability is not a bad word. It's simply an aspect of the human condition, one that we all encounter throughout life, whether it's a short-term disability ...
Autism cases are surging in the New York-New Jersey metro area, mainly fueled by the diagnosis of autistic children who don't have intellectual disabilities, a new study reports. The percentage of ...
Lawmakers approved a short-term extension of the nation’s primary autism law, but the path to renewing the measure, which includes nearly $2 billion for the developmental disability, could be rockier ...
For decades, disabled people have fought for their rights to go to school and live alongside peers without disabilities.
Congress is one step closer to re-upping the nation’s primary autism law with little time remaining before it’s set to expire. The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday 402-13 to pass the ...
Children were more likely to be diagnosed with developmental disabilities during the Covid-19 pandemic than they were in the year before, according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease ...
If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...
The first cohort completed a joint Herzog College-Shekel training program aimed at bringing people with disabilities into ...