As diagnoses among the Black community continue to rise, Mattel has released a new Barbie celebrating autism. There’s a new ...

A wider public conversation has arisen over whether it's time for a shift in how we think about categories of autism, amid ...

Autism advocacy groups are reacting after Mattel announced a new Barbie doll, the first with autism, on Sunday.

The 17-year-old boy, known only as ‘Y’, missed out on home-based support for his autism, dyslexia and social skills to which ...

The new doll carries a pink fidget spinner that actually spins, wears pink noise-cancelling headphones to reduce sensory overload and holds a pink tablet that represents her augmentative and ...

For decades, autism research compared autistic people to animals, denied them moral sensitivity, and assumed autistic traits ...