HARTFORD, Conn ... One of those people is Adrienne Benjamin. She is the mother of Zoe, a young woman with profound autism. “She needs a lot of staff to help her. The trouble with the current ...

Commercial property in Fall River sold for $7,425,000. Portsmouth commercial property sold for $5,200,000. A home on Johnnycake Lane, Portsmouth, sold for $2,950,000. The home has four bedrooms, four ...

May 27, 2025 — How come you can't tickle yourself? And why can some people handle tickling perfectly fine while others scream their heads off? Neuroscientists argue that we should take tickle ...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — An East Hartford mother is calling for accountability. Shenika Carroll said her 6-year-old son, Jahrell, was illegally restrained multiple times by staff members while ...

The latest surveillance data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show a steep rise in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), extending a years-long trend of ...

The National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have partnered to research the causes of the autism spectrum disorder, creating a database of ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Autism is predominantly influenced by genetic factors, with heritability estimated at 80–90%. Thousands of genes, including both common and rare variants, are ...

With a canvas the size of a football field, the Nigerian teenager's painting features a multicolored ribbon, the symbol for autism. The world painting record aims to raise awareness of autism.

You might have seen the social media videos: the "five signs you're autistic". You may have heard about long waiting lists for autism diagnosis. You might know, or sense, that the numbers of ...

The annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research took place in Seattle this week. In April, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services disclosed that it’s planning a $50 ...

The director of the National Institutes of Health previously floated — then walked back — the idea of an autism registry, alarming researchers and parents. By Sheryl Gay Stolberg Sheryl Gay ...