Autistic individuals deserve safety, not suspicion. Informed crisis intervention can reshape community policing.

Dr Allen Frances, a leading psychiatrist, has revealed his guilt after his work on autism led to an explosion in the number ...

Making headlines recently, Madison County prosecutors have charged nine people with child abuse — allegedly hitting children and making them go without food — or attempted obstruction of an ...

LEESBURG, Ga. (WALB) - One woman is being called a hero by many in Lee County after she reported what she describes as “abuse ...

Rachel Chapman filed the lawsuit on behalf of her child against the Clark County School District and Adrian Krosnick, her son ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Artificial intelligence is rapidly being adopted to help prevent abuse and protect vulnerable people – including children in foster care, adults in nursing homes and students in ...

Three families have filed a federal lawsuit against Millsap Independent School District and several educators, alleging abuse of their children with special needs in a special education classroom.

Webtoon writer Joo Ho-min expressed his position on the allegations of child abuse by special teachers. Joo Ho-min posted a lengthy post when he resumed YouTube broadcasts on the 10th.

Further investigation led to the arrests of two people. 27-year-old Kristen Williams Brown of Monroe County was arrested at her home on May 26 and was charged with Hindering Prosecution, rendering ...

BRIDGEPORT — A local man who prosecutors say beat a 3-year-old autistic boy in 2021 so severely the child had to be airlifted to a hospital was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison Thursday.

Severe autism, or level 3 autism spectrum disorder (ASD), describes individuals with the highest support needs on the autism spectrum. Individuals with level 3 autism face significant challenges in ...

Legal protections for disabled people have also been strengthened since Willowbrook, but research suggests that cases of abuse and neglect persist in institutional settings. In 2022, the last year for ...