ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — In a stark about-face from just a few years ago, school districts have gone from handing out pink slips to scrambling to hire teachers. Across the country, districts are struggling with shortages of teachers, particularly...

PEERS involves patients and caregivers to maintain social support and guidance THURSDAY, Aug. 6, 2015 (HealthDay News) — A special program for adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improved their social skills, a new study finds....

Parent training can reduce serious behavioral problems in young children with autism, according to research led by scientists at Emory University School of Medicine. In the multisite study, 180 parents of 3 to 7 year-olds with autism spectrum disorder...

Between 2000 and 2010, rates of autism diagnoses have more than tripled. Writing in the American Journal of Medical Genetics, researchers from Pennsylvania State University suggest that this increase in diagnoses is driven by the reclassification of people with...