Photographs show how a camp in St. Petersburg this summer helped children on the spectrum and their families find some fun during the pandemic.

Children younger than age 5 and Black and Hispanic children on the spectrum experience the most financial hardships.

The Netflix series that follows 20-something autistic adults looking for love is well intentioned but fails to capture reality and is riddled with bad advice.

A new survey shows that children with autism or other developmental disabilities in the United States are at least twice as likely to have asthma as their neurotypical peers are.

About 0.7 percent of children in China aged 6 to 12 — and 1.15 percent of 10- and 11-year-olds in Greece — have autism, figures that are consistent with prevalence estimates elsewhere.

Since the pandemic began, Matthew Lerner and his team have become part of a massive experiment on maintaining social connection at a distance.

Shared sketch books chart a father-daughter relationship over time and provide a valuable outlet for self-regulating emotions.

Intellectually or developmentally disabled group-home residents are dying from COVID-19 at twice the rate of all New Yorkers with the virus.

Autism prevalence differs between Latino and white children in part due to structural inequalities within the U.S. education and healthcare systems. Social workers are in a prime position to help.

Most toddlers who screen positive for autism do not receive the recommended referrals for follow-up tests or therapies.