Newswise — It’s been more than 80 years since the “father of child psychiatry,” Leo Kanner, made the first clinical diagnosis of autism. For most of that time, education and services have taken place ...

A study of 438 law enforcement officers found that autism training significantly reduced stigma and increased neurodiversity-affirming attitudes, though item-level results revealed unexpected shifts ...

A Wisconsin study found that training primary care providers to use the STAT autism assessment tool, supported by a year-long ...

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ga. — A Warner Robins mother has gathered 28,000 signatures on a petition calling for specialized autism training for law enforcement officers after an encounter involving her autistic ...

Chamblee police officer Brandi Boddy was assisting a mother and five children after a car accident a couple weeks ago when one of the children started screaming. Boddy had tried to talk to the boy, ...

The Autism Institute’s Clinical Core offers comprehensive virtual training for clinicians and researchers on the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS-2). The ADOS-2 training ...

Two years ago, Dawn Turnage’s 18-year-old son Justin walked away from a local pool and into a Best Buy at the Waterford Lakes Town Center, dripping wet and wearing only his underwear. Turnage called ...

Autism Action Partnership hosted autism training for five law enforcement agencies in Nebraska and Iowa Thursday. Officers learned how to interact with people on the spectrum and de-escalate ...

DUBLIN, Ga. — People with autism can sometimes react differently when approached by law enforcement or first responders. According to the Autism Society, around 1 in 5 young adults with autism will ...

Training that helps first responders recognize autism-related behaviors and adjust their approach in the first critical minutes of an emergency could save lives. That was the message of a recent ...