Fiona Carswell says her son's 'life-changing' support has been disrupted after council barred private therapists at schools.

While the number of special needs assistants has grown, so too has the need for such posts, writes Education Correspondent ...

See how schools can better support neurodiverse and autistic students, addressing barriers, elevating strengths, and building more inclusive classrooms for all.

Thriveworks reports that "Heated Rivalry" portrays autism subtly through Shane, showcasing him as a multifaceted character in ...

Despite the naysayers, research into the gut-autism axis is producing useful results and helping kids with autism feel less ...

Children across Mississippi have been caught in the crosshairs of the Feb. 19 cyberattack on the University of Mississippi ...

The idea that autistic people lack a ‘theory of mind’ has shaped ASD research for 40 years. The evidence never supported it – ...

Autism NI – Northern Ireland’s longest-running autism charity, and a leading training provider for over 35 years – has been ...

It’s 7am and Maddie Lewis, 16, is eating cereal in self-absorbed delight. Ignoring my arrival, she doesn’t look up when I sit beside her at the kitchen table. Engrossed in her iPad, she ­replays over ...

I feel like a ghost’ are the words spoken by my then 12-year-old daughter about her experiences attending school in the UK on a very part-time basis due to a chronic health ...

Tiana Brandon, the mother of a nonverbal child with level 2 autism, is appealing to the CEO of Mercy Care to reverse a ...

The £4bn investment is aimed at "transforming" outcomes for children with SEND and includes a new Mainstream Fund, of £1.6bn, given directly to nurseries, schools and colleges over the next three ...