A teacher’s assistant in Edgecombe County is accused of strangling a student with a disability earlier this month, the sheriff’s office said on Tuesday.

Credit: Getty Images Experts highlighted the importance of early autism diagnosis and intervention, addressing access barriers, disparities in care, and the development of new tools to improve early ...

Autistic kids who elope aren’t misbehaving—they’re in fight-or-flight mode. Learn why it happens and what skills your child needs to feel safe and supported.

Aide for Eloping? This is tricky. A lot of schools say “we only give 1:1 aides to kids who elope.” And a lot of parents think “my kid elopes, so we must need an aide.” Both are wrong. ...

New research shows how 911 caller emotion, urgency, and speech patterns can trigger suspicion—and why policing that relies on such cues risks mistakes.

The US Supreme Court will hear a case Tuesday that will determine whether a Colorado law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from providing conversion “therapy” to minors is ...

A toddler lies on the grocery store floor in tears. Another throws a toy against the wall, shattering it. A third refuses anything but a handful of favorite foods. For parents, these moments can feel ...

Last month, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kenney Jr., alongside President Donald Trump, announced that taking acetaminophen—the active ingredient in Tylenol—during pregnancy ...

When Bari Weiss walks into CBS News as editor-in-chief, she'll bring something the former home of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite has not seen in its nearly century-long history: a leader whose ...

Research reveals that those diagnosed with autism early show distinct genetic and developmental profiles from those diagnosed later.