An autistic meltdown is an intense reaction to sensory or emotional overload in autistic people. When an autistic person becomes overstimulated or unable to cope with their environment, they may ...

The state let two major health insurers who contract with the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System terminate two special programs for children with autism, a lawsuit says.

When I began working with autistic adults, there was only one book I could find on the topic. It held a very narrow perspective on what autistic adults needed. Over the last 10 years, autism advocates ...

If you walk into any autistic group, almost everyone in the group understands what it means to go into autistic shutdown or meltdown states. Even if they don’t know the proper words or terminology for ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda has won praise from some whose loved ones have severe complications from autism. But others say his rhetoric fails to accurately portray people on the ...

At the recent National Autism Consciousness Program at the Benguet capitol, Ailyn Jam M. Dela Cruz, who has a child on the autism spectrum, tackled key characteristics of autism and the importance of ...