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 ...

Every time I write about extremely aggressive or self-injurious behaviors – either those my son Jonah exhibited before he was medically stabilized in 2010, or those of other autistic teens I know who ...

Families of people with severe autism say the repeated expansion of the diagnosis pushed them to the sidelines. A new focus ...

Re “ In New Focus on Autism, Some Worry the Spectrum Is Too Broad ” (front page, Oct. 5): One thing’s for certain: The autism ...

Her autism diagnosis should mean access to specialized programs tailored to her needs. Instead, we've found ourselves turned ...

I don’t begrudge Bill Gates’s musings that he would have been put on the autism spectrum if he were a child today. Yet as a parent of a young adult who is nonverbal with severe autism, I’d like to ...

Researchers at the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that cannabidiol (CBD), a non-intoxicating compound found in cannabis, ...

Two studies conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Massachusetts Medical School indicated that mothers who were affected with severe infections that ...