Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many families, conversations about autism do not begin in a doctor’s office or a classroom. They begin on the living room ...

The results of a collaborative study between the Children’s National Health System and a researcher at the Georgetown University Medical Center, focused on evaluating the effectiveness of an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A whopping one in 59 children in the U.S. has autism, meaning your child probably has at least one person in their grade who's on ...

For April's Autism Awareness Month, Sesame Workshop is introducing something new and important for Julia, the 4-year-old "Sesame Street" Muppet with autism: a family. Now, "Sesame Street" fans can ...

Since it's launch in 1969, Sesame Street has been a trailblazer when it comes to showcasing diversity: tackling racism, featuring an HIV positive Muppet, introducing Muppets whose parents are in jail, ...

“Sesame Street” is turning its attention to helping kids with autism cope with change. The venerable children’s show is introducing a new episode and a slate of online videos and activities featuring ...

"Receiving an autism diagnosis is just the first step in creating a better future for a child on the spectrum, and there are multiple benefits to getting that early diagnosis," said Autism Speaks ...

Autism can be detected as early as 18 months, but most children aren’t until between four- and five-years-old before they are diagnosed. To improve these statistics, a bilingual awareness campaign ...

It was a Thursday evening, and puppeteer Stacey Gordon was hard at work in her Phoenix, Arizona studio when she received the call of a lifetime. Matt Vogel, Sesame Street's Muppet Captain and Big Bird ...

Sesame Street first debuted their friend Julia, a redheaded muppet with autism, in April 2017 Meet Julia‘s family! Sesame Street announced Monday that it will introduce viewers to the loved ones of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writer by day, Comic by night, who aims to inform, inspire, and amuse. Sesame Workshop is expanding its Sesame Street and Autism: ...