In Bethesda, a 15-year-old girl talks to her television set. Often, she seems more connected to the tube's ghostly embrace than to her own father, mother, brothers and sister. She flushes household ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Jeric Yurkanin, this autism awareness slow-pitch softball event at Jessup Youth Sports Complex is about much more than what ...

LOS ANGELES - Men who become fathers later in life pass on more brand-new genetic mutations to their offspring, a study has found - probably contributing to disorders such as autism and schizophrenia ...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — KSHB 41 reporter Fe Silva covers education stories involving K-12. Share your story idea with Fe. Nine-year-old Dennis Day and his father, Travis, share more than just a family ...

The father's age may matter more than the mother's when it comes to the risk of some disorders like autism in children. A new study shows the number of "de novo" or new genetic mutations passed to ...

Dr. Craig Newschaffer, director of the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute and a professor in the School of Public Health, was interviewed on WHYY’s “Newsworks Tonight” about new research linking older ...

A suburban Chicago father has dedicated countless hours to making Illinois better for his son and others with developmental disabilities. In fact, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker even singled out Mike Baker ...