In the 21st century, many parents are slowing down, questioning what they've been told, and discovering that preparing themselves for having a baby can save them from a lifetime of regrets.

Today the CDC announced a 72 percent increase in the diagnosis of autism over the past four years. One of every 50 children aged 6 years to 17 years has an autism spectrum diagnosis.

In the DSM-5, we propose a new way of looking at these disorders, merging them into a single diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder. We believe this will create more accurate diagnoses and improved access to services. It should also improve research into ASD.

We have to petition a judge to take away Mia's rights as an adult so that we can make her medical, legal and financial decisions because thanks to her autism, she is not able to make safe choices for herself.

Scientific journals' tendency to favor studies with positive test results may have skewed the understanding of how effective antidepressants actually ...

Why does the autism community continue to obsess over categorizing people as high or low functioning? It's true that the needs of one autistic person may be very different from the needs of another, but that doesn't mean that they have nothing in common.

All too often, because folks don't know what to do, they do nothing! Even to the extent of avoiding the family out of fear.

My son has worked so hard to not be "imprisoned in darkness" as he so eloquently put it in the commencement speech he gave at his high school graduation on Friday, June 18.

So here I am, in the middle of my life, filling up my own room. What took me so long?

This simple act of kindness at Koo Koo Roo made me come back again, and again. Why do I bring this up on a blog about autism? Just to say how important it is to go the extra mile for others.