A surprisingly high number of kids with autism are later diagnosed with intellectual disability, researchers say, and they suspect the trend is rooted in an effort to retain services into adulthood.

The estimated prevalence of autism among 8-year-olds in a New Jersey study more than tripled during a 6-year period, including a fivefold increase in children with autism who do not have a ...

WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services this week released the latest issue of the Positive Approaches Journal, which aims to provide the most recent research for people with ...

Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands in recent years because they said they could not lead normal lives, researchers have found. The ...

NEWS. THE LATEST NUMBERS FROM THE CDC FINDS AUTISM AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES ARE ON THE RISE. A DOCTOR WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD SAYS THOSE PATIENTS FACE A SERIOUS GAP IN HEALTH CARE SERVICES ...

Prison psychological specialist Christine Ransom, right, leads a group session for inmates, Dec. 14, 2023, in the Neurodevelopmental Residential Treatment Unit at Pennsylvania's State Correctional ...

DISABILITIES AND AUTISM. WORKERS WHO PROVIDE SERVICES TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES AND AUTISM SAY THERE’S A SHORTAGE OF EMPLOYEES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ESSENTIAL ...

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American women have the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income countries, with outcomes worse for minoritized groups. In an effort to understand the maternal health of pregnant people with ...

Here are the top stories in health news this week from Yahoo News partners. 'There’s no doubt in my mind these people were suffering.' Some people who have been legally euthanized in the Netherlands ...