A little autistic girl fell from a fire escape on this Bronx building on Monday morning. Demetrius E. Loadholt SR. A 7-year-old girl is the one with nine lives — surviving a two-story fall after ...

Remember when we wrote about Iris Grace, the incredibly talented 5-year-old girl with autism who paints beautiful pictures? It turns out that she has a behind-the-scenes helper who’s also worthy of ...

COLUMBIA - You've heard of therapy dogs, or even therapy horses. But the Thompson Center for Autism is trying a different avenue for animals who can help people. The Research Center for Human-Animal ...

Parents of a child with autism might wonder if a pet cat would be a good fit for the family. Now, research suggests both children with autism and cats benefit when a feline joins the household.

Autism is incredibly hard on children. Whether it’s the sensory overload of everyday noise, the difficulty in handling even small changes to routine, or the myriad of social and communication issues ...

Adopting a cat can make a big difference for kids with autism, new research suggests. Children with the developmental disorder showed increased empathy and experienced fewer problem behaviors after ...

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may experience increases in empathy and decreases in problem behaviors after adoption of a shelter cat into their families, according to a new study.

We've long known that pets have particular calming and healing qualities, and we've even recently reported on the ways in which dogs can help those whose lives are made difficult by rheumatoid ...

As a former school nurse in the Columbia Public Schools, Gretchen Carlisle would often interact with students with disabilities who took various medications or had seizures throughout the day. At some ...

Feline friends can help families in more ways than one. Cats help calm children with autism, according to new research from the University of Missouri. The study was conducted by Gretchen Carlisle, ...