The Ed Department’s top special education official unexpectedly resigned just as the agency is putting plans in motion to ...

A reality show following adults with autism as they pursue dating and relationships snagged multiple Emmy Awards, including ...

The federal government is switching sides in a closely watched disability rights case and is now seeking to do away with ...

A feature film chronicling the story of an activist known as the "mother of the disability rights movement" is set for its ...

In what researchers are hailing as a landmark move, a new study is helping to explain how autism-linked genes rewire the ...

A key panel approved a sweeping new autism agenda calling on the government to restructure its priorities and nearly double ...

The U.S. Department of Labor is officially putting an end to a 2013 regulation that put pressure on federal contractors to beef up disability employment. Under the rule finalized by the Obama ...

The Trump administration is tossing aside key guidance that federal officials have used to steer enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act for more than a decade. The U.S. Department of ...

Just ahead of the summer travel season, another airline is taking steps to be more welcoming toward travelers on the spectrum. Virgin Atlantic says that it will train all of its cabin crew on how to ...

Months after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that advocates said could have major implications for intellectual disability and how it is defined, the justices said never mind. The ...

Federal officials are delaying a meeting of a key autism panel after advocates became alarmed that the public was given just days to comment on a plan to reshape the government’s approach to the ...