Less than 9 percent of autistic adolescents in the United States receive the recommended guidance on the transition from pediatric to adult healthcare.

Young people with autism receive more mental health services, more consistent primary care and less gynecological or urgent care than their neurotypical peers.

Gender and sexuality appear to be more varied among autistic people than among neurotypical people. What do scientists know about the connection?

High rates of intellectual disability among Black autistic children may reflect diagnostic delays.

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

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.

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.

Pediatric primary care practitioners have a critical responsibility to provide guidance for autistic children struggling with weight gain, and to advocate for them at home and at school.