A nearly middle-aged con artist left a loving family in Brazil devastated after she posed as a desperate 12-year-old abuse ...

By mimicking the behaviour of a child and claiming a history of abuse, Amanda Maria Souza de Oliveira managed to deceive ...

A 37-year-old woman in the US faces charges after allegedly posing as a 12-year-old autistic child. Authorities claim she deceived a family into taking her into their home, where she lived until ...

April is National Autism Acceptance Month, which brings awareness to neurodiversity, encourages support for autistic individuals, and highlights disparities in access to care, support, and resources.

For decades, autism was believed to overwhelmingly affect boys. Yet a big new study out of Sweden provides perhaps the best evidence yet that girls aren’t less likely to be autistic — they’re just ...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) are typically characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication, as well as restricted or repetitive behaviors and interests. Repetitive and restricted ...

A Minnesota mother and father have been charged with manslaughter following the death of their 10-year-old daughter with autism, who was allegedly crushed by her own bed after being left unsupervised ...

The parents of a girl with autism have filed a human rights complaint against a Chilliwack, B.C., dentist after they were told not to return to the clinic. Sophia Filiatrault, 12, was considered ...