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.

Pointing to low crime rates and a spike in building permits, Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird cast Lincoln as the "quality of life capital of the country" in a speech Tuesday.

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.

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 ...

Henry I. Miller, a physician and molecular biologist, is the Glenn Swogger Distinguished Fellow at the American Council on ...

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 ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kenney Jr. says that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Here's what science says.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -When Bari Weiss walks into CBS News as editor-in-chief, she'll bring something the former home of ...

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