WILLIAMSVILLVE, N.Y. - If Kaylie Clinton, 12, is out in public and is upset or has an outburst, people might be quick to judge. If you don't take the time to get to know her, you might never learn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core members of Ta-Nehisi’s old Horde—just wrote a long ...

A 13-year-old boy with autism uses a keyboard to communicate in class in Gaithersburg. (Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post) Regarding the March 1 front-page article "The key to unlock their autistic ...

In a science class at Lakelands Park Middle School in Gaithersburg, Md., 13-year-old Mike Keller sat between his professional aide and his science partner during a lesson about how force affects ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Nicholas D'Amora wants the world to know that autism isn't an intellectual disability -- it's a mind-body disconnect. And he'll proudly tell you himself. D'Amora, 19, is on the ...

Editor’s note: After publication of this piece, a group of researchers and practitioners in the autism field wrote to The Post questioning the uncritical portrayal of the Rapid Prompting Method, the ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. Jim Elliott—a long-time reader contributor to Notes and one of the core ...