This Wisconsin man with autism was 'devastated' after Social Security told him to pay back $35K — family appealed 5 times with one requirement being highly insulting. Is the system broken? Like many ...

Like many Americans with disabilities, 32-year-old Max Silber of Wisconsin regularly receives Social Security Income (SSI) benefits because of his autism. That is, until recently when he was ...

The benefits provide important economic support for older people who cannot work. The White House recently halted changes to ...

New estimates show that 61.8 million people around the globe have autism and that the developmental disability is among the most common health issues facing youth. As of 2021, researchers found that 1 ...

If you're autistic, you're more likely to have a learning disability than the general public. In fact, around 30% of autistic people also have a learning disability. But being autistic doesn't mean ...

Amy Gaeta receives research funding from UKRI, a grant that is hosted at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. The US government announced that to support the research effort into ...

The line between difference, disability, and disease is constantly shifting, shaped as much by social attitudes as biology. A trait that seems like a simple variation in one context can become a ...