As the mother of a child with a neurodivergent condition, I’ve navigated my fair share of uncomfortable comments over the years. Everyone from fellow parents and family members to my son’s karate ...

"When you talk about real people as being part of a quote unquote horrible, horrible crisis, as he called it, cataclysmic epidemic, there's no way not to take that personally. Not to feel heartbroken ...

When the controversial show The Telepathy Tapes hit the airwaves in late 2024, it did what few podcasts manage to do: make ...

Autism is a topic Brittany Slawter cares about deeply. All three of her children − ages 11, 12 and 13 − have autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, the clinical name for the condition commonly referred to ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus on the disorder has opened the way for them to argue their cause. Families ...

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A flag football game in Massachusetts turned into an unforgettable experience for a 10-year-old boy named Sam.

A Catholic priest who left clergy life for positions in the administrations of two former Louisiana governors was arrested on charges of raping and kidnapping a young and vulnerable parishioner in New ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has hired anti-vaccine activist and author Mark Blaxill as a senior adviser, according to three current and former senior CDC officials and an internal ...

Bloomsburg, Pa. — State Rep. Robert Leadbeter (R-Columbia) announced he intends to introduce legislation — dubbed Aiden’s Law — to establish a “Purple Alert” system in Pennsylvania to ensure the ...