A recent study from Northwestern University has uncovered a genetic factor that may play a key role in autism. Researchers found that a specific gene affects how brain cells form connections during ...

Those currently on the waiting list to be assessed for autism were sent letters revealing they would no longer be seen.

Katie Graham of Halifax, Nova Scotia, a 21-year-old young woman with autism has been showing cats with her mother for five years. Over that time, her autism and social skills have improved remarkably.

Sunny-Loo the cat disappeared during her family's move from Washington to Colorado and ended up trapped in a sofa on a moving truck for three weeks without food or water ...