autism

A bill requiring autism awareness training for law enforcement officers is now heading to the House floor.

There are many challenges helping adults with autism join the work force once they haev have aged-out of the school system. "Aging out is a difficult...

A bill requiring autism awareness training for law enforcement officers is starting to move in both chambers of the Florida Legislature. It comes after...

Since the year 2000, there have been a number of policies and regulations enacted on the state and federal level to help children with autism. But...

"When I was taking classes, autism was this little paragraph in a book. not a chapter, not a whole book, it was a little paragraph." Debbie Keremes is...

The Autism Society reports a growing number of autism spectrum disorder diagnoses across the country. That's seen an increase in the need for...

A Duval County teacher has been suspended for putting an autistic student in a closet. The teacher claims the act was to calm the student down,...

Anthony Merkerson's son was diagnosed with autism. Then, his younger daughter was, too. "It was a heavy load," he says, until he started getting advice from another father farther along the same path.

Roughly 40 percent of young adults with autism spectrum disorder aren't finding jobs. But some employers are now recruiting adults on the spectrum as an untapped talent pool of focused workers.

The construction of the Florida Holocaust Memorial is one step closer to becoming reality. That's among 20 bills Governor Rick Scott signed into law...