autism

While learning to swim is important for children, it is especially true for children with autism. Moms with a Mic’s Julia and Marissa Bagg report.

A local nonprofit is launching a groundbreaking production, asking South Floridians living with autism to submit their inspirational stories to be turned into a streaming series.

For the first time, autism is being diagnosed more frequently in Black and Hispanic children than in white kids in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released the new estimates of how common autism is. It estimates that 1 in 36 children who were age 8 in 2020 had autism. That’s up from 1 in...

Chairperson Pastor Fuster Jr. from UM’s Center for Autism Related Disabilities has more on the event taking place this Saturday.

Jorge Gabriel Morales, 45, is wanted for the interference of custody and concealing a minor contrary to a court order in connection with the disappearance of 6-year-old Jorge “Jo Jo” Morales

Rosie O’Donnell wrote that while anyone can “read as much as possible” about autism, it’s a spectrum, so it can be different for each person who has been diagnosed.

An Amber Alert was issued for a 6-year-old boy who’s been missing for days, and an arrest warrant was issued for his father. NBC 6’s Phil Prazan reports

Authorities are investigating after a child drowned in Lauderdale Lakes Saturday. NBC 6’s Ryan Nelson reports.

Miami-Dade Schools held a prom for about 200 students who are on the spectrum. NBC 6’s Claudia DoCampo reports

It’s autism awareness month and police officers are celebrating in a special way in South Florida.

Hundreds of first responders from various agencies in Miami-Dade County took part in an annual event aimed at raising awareness of autism. The third annual Autism Bike Ride took place Saturday, with riders from agencies including Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue, officers from the cities of Miami, Doral, Coral Gables and Hialeah and others taking part. Cyclists were able to…

Audrey Amadeo, the founder of Arts for Autism, shares how the program helps those children who have either been diagnosed or are on the spectrum.

A 16-year-old with autism recently got the chance to meet the first mice in the world engineered to have the same genetic abnormality he has.

Miami-Dade Police says the non-verbal man diagnosed with autism has been found and been reunited with his family. MDPD said 27-year-old Jonathan Flores was last seen Tuesday in the 6800 block of NW 169th Street around 9 p.m. after walking out of his home. Flores is 5’7″ tall and weighs 115 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. He was…